New Zealand politician
Brown Reweti
In office 12 August 1967 – 28 November 1981Preceded by Puti Tipene Watene Succeeded by Peter Tapsell
Born (1916-11-17 ) 17 November 1916Died 21 April 1996(1996-04-21) (aged 79) Political party Labour
Paraone Brown Reweti QSO (17 November 1916 – 21 April 1996) was a New Zealand politician and Rātana morehu .
Early life
Of Ngāti Ranginui ancestry, Reweti came to Parliament from a position as an executive member of the Mount Maunganui Watersiders' Union.[1]
Political career
Reweti won the Eastern Maori electorate for Labour , in the 1967 by-election following the death of Puti Tipene Watene . He held the electorate until 1981, when he retired.[2]
From 1973 to 1975, during the Third Labour Government , he was chairman of the parliamentary Māori Affairs Committee.[3] In January 1976 he was appointed by Labour leader Bill Rowling as Shadow Minister of Marine.[4]
In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours , Reweti was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[5]
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