Henare Uru

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1922 20th Southern Maori Reform
1922–1925 21st Southern Maori Reform
1925–1928 22nd Southern Maori Reform

Henare Whakatau Uru (1872–1929) was a Māori of Ngāi Tahu and a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

He won the Southern Maori electorate in the 1922 Southern Maori by-election after the death of his brother John Hopere Wharewiti Uru,[1] and held it to 1928 when he was defeated by Tuiti Makitanara.[2]

References

  1. ^ Lock, Christine Elizabeth. "Uru, Henare Whakatau". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3u1. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  2. ^ Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1949. Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 144. 
Parliament of New Zealand
Preceded by
John Hopere Wharewiti Uru		 Member of Parliament for Southern Maori
1922–1928		 Succeeded by
Tuiti Makitanara