Taite Te Tomo (1871 or 1872 – 22 May 1939) was a

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and Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Te Tomo was probably born in 1871 or 1872 near Ōtaki. He won the Western Maori electorate in a 1930 by-election after the death of Māui Pōmare, but lost it in

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to the Ratana candidate

Toko Ratana Haami Tokouru Ratana (21 July 1894 – 30 October 1944) was a New Zealand politician and president of the Rātana Church. He joined Eruera Tirikatene in parliament as the second Rātana Independent Member of Parliament (MP), elected for the We ...

. In 1935, he was awarded the

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. He was a member of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa tribe, and of the Board of Ethnological Research. He died at Kākāriki Pā on 22 May 1939.

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1870s births 1939 deaths Reform Party (New Zealand) MPs New Zealand MPs for Māori electorates Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Unsuccessful candidates in the 1935 New Zealand general election People from the Kapiti Coast District {{NewZealand-politician-stub