Wetere Te Rerenga

Hone Wetere Te Rerenga (? – 9 March 1889) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader of Māori descent. He identified with the Ngāti Maniapoto iwi. He was born in Maniaroa or Rangitoto, in the King Country, New Zealand.[1]

He unsuccessfully contested the Western Maori electorate in the 1884 election. Of eight candidates, he came fourth with 9.99% of the vote.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Hone Wetere Te Rerenga". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ "The Western Maori Election". Waikato Times. XXIII (1885). 5 August 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
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