Paraone Reweti

Paraone Reweti

Infobox Person|

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birth_date= 1916
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death_date=21 April 1996
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Paraone Brown Reweti was a New Zealand politician and Ratana who won the Eastern Maori seat for Labour in 1967, in the by-election following the death of Puti Tipene Watene.

He held the seat unti 1981, when he retired.

Early life

Of Ngati-Ranginui ancestry, Reweti came to Parliament from a position as an executive member of the Mount Maunganui Watersiders' Union.

References

* Henderson, James Mcleod (1963). "Ratana The Man, The Church, The Movement" (1st ed.) A.H & A.W. Reed Ltd ISBN 0-589-00619-3.


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