Paraire Karaka Paikea (1 June 1894 – 6 April 1943) was a New Zealand Māori politician.

Early life

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descent, Paraire Karaka Paikea was born in Otamatea, in the Kaipara area of Northland. An ordained

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Minister by 1921, he joined the Rātana movement and by 1924 was on the Rātana council. In June 1925 he was one of the original gazetted Rātana ministers.

Political career

Paikea captured the

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Movement's third Māori electorate of

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from

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in 1938. He was Minister without portfolio representing the

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race from 1941 to 1943 and was also Māori Recruiting Director on the War Administration Board. Known as "Piri Wiri Tua", after Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, his early death on 6 April 1943 ended a promising career. He was succeeded as MP by his son

Tapihana Paraire Paikea Tapihana Paraire "Dobbie" Paikea (26 January 1920 – 7 January 1963), also known as Dobson, was a New Zealand politician and Ratana Wiktionary:morehu, morehu who won the Northern Maori electorate for Labour in 1943. He was a Māori people, Mā ...

at the . The need for a proposed by-election to be held on 19 June 1943 was avoided by a special Act of Parliament passed on 11 June 1943 (th
By-elections Postponement Act 1943
postponing the vote until the (delayed) general election was held.

References

* Henderson, James Mcleod (1963). ''Ratana The Man, The Church, The Movement'' (1st ed.) A.H & A.W. Reed Ltd .

External links

Biography in the 1966 ''Encyclopaedia of New Zealand''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paikea, Paraire Karaka 1894 births 1943 deaths New Zealand Labour Party MPs Rātana MPs Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand New Zealand people of World War II New Zealand Rātanas New Zealand MPs for Māori electorates Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Unsuccessful candidates in the 1935 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1928 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1931 New Zealand general election Te Uri-o-Hau people Ngāti Whātua people