Iriaka Rātana

Iriaka Rātana
Rātana in c. 1949
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Western Maori
In office
19491969
Preceded byMatiu Rātana
Succeeded byKoro Wētere
Personal details
Born
Iriaka Te Rio

(1905-02-25)25 February 1905
Hiruharama, New Zealand
Died21 December 1981(1981-12-21) (aged 76)
Wanganui, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
SpouseMatiu Rātana
RelativesAdrian Rurawhe (grandson)
Matt Rātana (grandson)

Iriaka Matiu Rātana OBE (née Te Rio; 25 February 1905 – 21 December 1981) was a New Zealand politician and Rātana morehu who won the Western Maori electorate for Labour in 1949. She succeeded her husband Matiu Rātana to become the first woman to represent Māori in the New Zealand Parliament. She held the electorate until her retirement in 1969.

Early life

An entertainer from an early age, she was a member of the Rātana kapa haka groups and travelled with them throughout New Zealand and overseas. In 1925, she married Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana to become his second wife and had two children. Hamuera, the oldest died from tuberculosis in 1934, and the second, Raniera Te Aohou Ratana later became head of the Rātana church.

Following her husband's death in 1939, Rātana married Matiu Rātana, a son of T. W. Rātana. The couple farmed until the death in 1945 of Matiu's elder brother, Toko Rātana who was Member of Parliament (MP) for the Māori electorate of Western Maori. Matiu Rātana was elected in the 1945 election and held the seat until his accidental death in 1949.

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1949–1951 29th Western Maori Labour
1951–1954 30th Western Maori Labour
1954–1957 31st Western Maori Labour
1957–1960 32nd Western Maori Labour
1960–1963 33rd Western Maori Labour
1963–1966 34th Western Maori Labour
1966–1969 35th Western Maori Labour

Iriaka Rātana's decision to stand for parliament was opposed by those supporting traditional leadership roles, with Te Puea Hērangi speaking out against her claim to "captain the Tainui canoe". Only the strong backing of the Rātana church and her threat to stand as a Rātana Independent secured her the Labour Party nomination.

She won the Western Maori electorate for Labour in the 1949 general election. She succeeded her husband Matiu Ratana to become the first woman to represent Māori in the New Zealand parliament.[1] She got a similar majority (6317) to her husband in 1946 (his majority was 6491), but no fewer than seven independent candidates stood against her; they got 116 to 326 votes each.[2]

In May 1959 she was injured in a three-car accident near Sanson in which three people were killed. Among those killed were her farm manager, Charles Larkin, and Larkin's adopted seven-year-old son, Rangi. Rātana and the others injured in the crash were taken to Palmerston North Hospital. One of the others injured was Pat Curran, a Labour member of the Auckland City Council. She was initially on the seriously ill list, but stabilised.[3]

As an MP, Rātana was concerned with welfare issues for Māori. She worked hard to improve living standards, particularly at the church settlement of Rātana Pā. She held the electorate until her retirement in 1969.[4]

Rātana was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Māori people, in the 1971 New Year Honours.[5] She died on 21 December 1981 in Wanganui Hospital and was buried at Aramoho Cemetery.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Iriaka Rātana – first wahine Māori MP". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  2. ^ Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. p. 402. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
  3. ^ "Western Maori Woman M.P. in Hospital Seriously Ill". Otago Daily Times. 15 May 1959. p. 5.
  4. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. ?. OCLC 154283103.
  5. ^ "No. 45264". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 1 January 1971. p. 40.
  6. ^ Ballara, Angela. "Rātana, Iriaka Matiu". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  • Henderson, James Mcleod (1963). Ratana The Man, The Church, The Movement (1st ed.) A.H & A.W. Reed Ltd ISBN 0-589-00619-3.
  • Women in Parliamentary Life 1970–1990: Hocken Lecture 1993 by Marilyn Waring, page 34 (Hocken Library, University of Otago, 1994) ISBN 0-902041-61-4
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Western Maori
1949–1969
Succeeded by

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