WESTERN MAORI SEAT
O.C. ROTORUA, Wednesday. In officially announcing his candidature for the Western Maori seat at the coming by-election, Mr. Maharaia Winiata Piahana. 8.A., a teacher at Rotokawa Native School, Rotorua, stated to-day that his entry into the contest was sponsored by his tribe, the Ngatiranginui, of Tauranga. Mr. Piahana, who is 32, will stand as an Independent. Mr. Piahana was the first Maori to complete his theological course in Trinity College and is a registered minister of the Methodist Church. According to Maori custom and privilege, stated Mr. Piahana, his tribe contended that it had a strong claim to nominate the Parliamentary representative for the Western Maori electorate. There had never been a man from Tauranga chosen for the position.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 307, 28 December 1944, Page 6
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