Hōne Paratene Tamanuiarangi (1821 – 30 April 1899), also known as John Patterson, was a Māori member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was one of four Māori elected in

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for the new

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in the

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He represented the electorate of Southern Maori from 1868 to 1870 when he retired. As a young man, Patterson was involved in

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with Philip Ryan at Oashore Bay, south of Lake Forsyth on the southern coast of Banks Peninsula. He also participated in the

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of the mid-1860s. He died aged 78 years at

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in 1899.

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