Mete Paetahi

Mete Kīngi te Rangi Paetahi (ca. 1813 – 22 September 1883) was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was one of four Māori elected in the first Māori elections of 1868 for the new Māori electorates in the House of Representatives.

Mete Paetahi
Formal seated portrait photograph of Mete Paetahi, one of the first four Māori MPs, wearing a uniform and holding a patu.
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Western Maori
In office
1868 – 1870
Personal details
Bornca. 1813
New Zealand
Died22 September 1883
Putiki, Wanganui
New Zealand
ProfessionMāori chief, politician

Private life

Paetahi was the chief of the Ngāti Poutama hapu of the Wanganui region.[1]

Political career
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1868–1870 4th Western Maori Independent

At the nomination meeting in Wanganui, held at the Courthouse, Mete Paetahi was the only candidate proposed.[2] He was thus elected unopposed.[3] He held a salaried office of Assessor from the Crown, hence a special act, The Mete Kingi Paetahi Election Act, 1868 had to be passed to validate his election.

He represented the electorate of Western Maori from 1868 to 1870. He contested the electorate again at the 1871 general election, but was defeated by Wiremu Parata. Of the three candidates, he came last.[4]

Notes
  1. McLintock 1966, p. ?.
  2. "Latest News from Wanganui". Wellington Independent. XXII (2669). 18 April 1868. p. 5. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  3. Wilson 2003, p. 13.
  4. "Result of the Maori Election". Wanganui Herald. IV (1100). 23 February 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

References
New Zealand Parliament
New constituency Member of Parliament for Western Maori
1868–1870		 Succeeded by
Wiremu Parata


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