Henare Uru
Encyclopedia
Henare Whakatau Uru was a Māori of Ngāi Tahu
and a Reform Party
Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
He won the Southern Maori
electorate in the 1922 Southern Maori by-election after the death of his brother John Hopere Wharewiti Uru
, and held it to 1928 when he was defeated by Tuiti Makitanara
.
Ngāi Tahu
Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal Māori iwi of the southern region of New Zealand, with the tribal authority, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, being based in Christchurch and Invercargill. The iwi combines three groups, Kāi Tahu itself, and Waitaha and Kāti Mamoe who lived in the South Island prior...
and a Reform Party
New Zealand Reform Party
The Reform Party, formally the New Zealand Political Reform League, was New Zealand's second major political party, having been founded as a conservative response to the original Liberal Party...
Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
He won the Southern Maori
Southern Maori
Southern Maori was one of the four original New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996.-Population centres:The electorate includes the following population centres:* -Tribal Areas:...
electorate in the 1922 Southern Maori by-election after the death of his brother John Hopere Wharewiti Uru
John Hopere Wharewiti Uru
John Hopere Wharewiti Uru was a Māori of Ngai Tahu and an Independent Member of Parliament in New Zealand....
, and held it to 1928 when he was defeated by Tuiti Makitanara
Tuiti Makitanara
Tuiti Makitanara was a Māori and United Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Southern Maori seat in 1928, and died in 1932.The United Party was a continuation of the historical Liberal Party.-References:...
.