Matiu Rātana

Not to be confused with Matiu Ratana (police officer) or Matiu Rata.

Matiu Ratana
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Western Maori
In office
10 February 1945 – 7 October 1949
Preceded byToko Ratana
Succeeded byIriaka Rātana
Personal details
Born16 December 1912
Parewanui, New Zealand
Died7 October 1949(1949-10-07) (aged 36)
Wanganui, New Zealand
Political partyLabour

Matiu Rātana (16 December 1912 – 7 October 1949), son of Tahupotiki Wiremu Rātana, was a New Zealand politician and president of the Rātana Church.

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1945–1946 27th Western Maori Labour
1946–1949 28th Western Maori Labour

A younger brother to Haami Tokouru Rātana he succeeded to the Church Presidency, and to the Western Maori electorate (from 10 February 1945, after a by-election) after his brother's death in 1944.[1]

Matiu Rātana died on 7 October 1949 in Wanganui Hospital after a car accident. He was succeeded by his wife Iriaka Rātana as MP.[1] She was the first female Māori MP.

Sources

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

References

  1. ^ a b Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 228. OCLC 154283103.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Western Maori
1945–1949 		Succeeded by