Hone Heke Ngapua

Hone Heke Ngapua

Hone Heke Ngapuha (1869 – 9 February 1909) was a Māori and Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was born in Kaikohe, and was named after his great-uncle Hone Heke.

He won the Northern Māori seat in 1893, with the support of "Kotahitanga". He was adjudged bankrupt and vacated the seat on 29 October 1900. However he was re-elected to the seat in a by-election on 9 January 1901 (as Joseph Ward was in 1897). He died in Wellington of tuberculosis at only 40 while a MP in 1909.

He was influencial in the development of the Young Maori Party, and helped defuse the conflict of the Dog Tax War of 1897. He introduced a Native Rights Bill, some of which was incorporated into legislation passed in 1900.

References

* [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp Biography in Dictionary of New Zealand Biography]
* [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HekeHone/HekeHone/en Biography in 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand]
*"New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984" by J. O. Wilson (1985, 4th edition, Government Printer, Wellington)
* Paul Moon cite book |title="Ngapua: The Political Life of Hone Heke Ngapua, MHR"|year=2006 |publisher=David Ling Publishing |location=Auckland |isbn=1-877378-02-X


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