Matiu Rata
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Matiu Waitai Rata was a Māori politician who was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party from 1963 to 1980, and a cabinet minister from 1972 to 1975. In 1979 he resigned from the L
Matiu Rata at Hairini Marae
Ngāti Kurī
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Ngāti Kurī is a Māori iwi from Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of the five Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Ngāti Kurī trace their whakapapa back to Pōhurihanga, the captain
Matiu Rata
…to the nation's political history." Rata was born at Te Hāpua to Te Āta (Arthur) Waitai Rata and Mereana Harowe. His tribal connections were with Ngāti Kurī, Te Aupōuri and Ngāti Whātua. He moved to Te Wharau, near Dargaville, with his family in 1942. His father died in a logging accident when he was 10…
Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua
Raoul Island, in the Kermadec Islands, is part of the Ngāti Kurī rohe (territory).