Taite Te Tomo in circa 1930
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1930–1931 23rd Western Maori Reform
1931–1935 24th Western Maori Reform

Taite Te Tomo (1871 or 1872 – 22 May 1939) was a Māori and Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Te Tomo was probably born in 1871 or 1872 near Ōtaki.[1]

He won the Western Maori electorate in a 1930 by-election after the death of Māui Pōmare, but lost it in 1935 to the Ratana candidate Toko Ratana.[2]

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[3]

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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Ballara, Angela. "Te Tomo, Te Taite". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  3. ↑ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Mr. Taite Te Tomo". Evening Post. 23 May 1939. Retrieved 4 July 2013.


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