Henare Kaihau

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Henare Kaihau (second row, middle). Front row from left: Richard Seddon, Premier; Mahuta Tawhiao, Maori King. Second row from left: Tupu Taingakawa Te Waharoa, Maori Kingmaker; Henare Kaihau; James Carroll, MP. Taken at Huntly, New Zealand in 1898.
Henare Kaihau (second row, middle). Front row from left: Richard Seddon, Premier; Mahuta Tawhiao, Maori King. Second row from left: Tupu Taingakawa Te Waharoa, Maori Kingmaker; Henare Kaihau; James Carroll, MP. Taken at Huntly, New Zealand in 1898.

Henare Kaihau (1854 - 1860? - 20 May 1920) was a New Zealand Māori politician, serving as Member of the House of Representatives for the Western Māori electorate from 1896 to 1911, when he was defeated.

His birth year is uncertain, but Wilson gives 1855, and notes him as a Reform Party supporter.

[edit] References

  • DNZB biography
  • Wilson, J. O. New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)