Mete Paetahi

Hon 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
Born	ca. 1813  New Zealand
Died	22 September 1883 Putiki, Wanganui  New Zealand
Profession	Māori chief, politician

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

Private life

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

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
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 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.

Notes

1. ^ McLintock 1966, p. ?.
2. ^ "Latest News from Wanganui". Wellington Independent: p. 5. Volume XXII, Issue 2669, 18 April 1868. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WI18680418.2.19. Retrieved 30 August 2010. 
3. ^ Wilson 2003, p. 13.

References

• A. H. McLintock, ed (updated 22-Apr-09). "PAETAHI, Mete-Kingi". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/paetahi-mete-kingi/1. Retrieved 1 September 2010. 
• Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1925) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record. Wellington: Govt. Printer. 
• Wilson, John (9 November 2003) (PDF), The Origins of the Māori Seats (updated May 2009 ed.), Wellington: Parliamentary Library, http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/49B230C1-9D94-4B2B-99DF-C58EF3F9965C/144111/OriginsoftheMaoriSeatsPDFversion1.pdf, retrieved 27 August 2010 

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

Persondata
Name	Paetahi, Mete
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1813
Place of birth
Date of death	22 September 1883
Place of death	Putiki, Wanganui