Wi Katene
{{Short description|New Zealand politician}}
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|name =Wiremu Katene
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|caption =Wiremu Katene circa 1871
|order = Minister without portfolio
|primeminister =George Waterhouse
Sir William Fox
Sir Julius Vogel
Daniel Pollen
|term_start = Nov 1872
|term_end = Feb 1876
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|relatives = Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (great-great-great-great-granddaughter)
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|start = {{NZ election link year|1871}}
|end = 1875
|term = 5th
|electorate = Northern Maori
|party = Independent politician
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|start = {{By-election link year|Northern Maori|1887}}
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|term = 9th
|electorate = Northern Maori
|party = Independent politician
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Wiremu Katene (died 1 November 1895), also known as Wi Katene, was a New Zealand politician.
In 1872 he became the first Māori to be appointed to the Executive Council, becoming the first indigenous Minister of the Crown. He was also a member of the House of Representatives from {{NZ election link year|1871}} to 1875, and again in {{By-election link year|Northern Maori|1887}}.{{cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |authorlink=Guy Scholefield |edition=3rd |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher= Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |page=118}}
He died on 1 November 1895.{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18951111.2.21 | title=Local and general news | date=11 November 1895 | work=The New Zealand Herald| accessdate=29 March 2015 | page=5}} The politician Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is a descendant.{{Cite web |title=NZ’s youngest MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke pays touching tribute to her ancestor Wiremu Katene |url=https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/10/18/nzs-youngest-mp-hana-rawhiti-maipi-clarke-pays-touching-tribute-to-her-ancestor-wiremu-katene/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Te Ao Māori News |language=en}}
References
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- [http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2p5/1 Te Ara biography] of Wiremu Parata appointed to the Executive Council a month after Katene
- [https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d3-d9-d38.html Wiremu Katene's biography] on the Victoria University NZETC website
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{{s-bef | before = Frederick Nene Russell}}
{{s-ttl | rows = 2 | title = Member of Parliament for Northern Maori | years = 1871–1875
1887 }}
{{s-aft | after= Hori Tawhiti }}
{{s-bef | before = Ihaka Hakuene}}
{{s-aft | after= Sydney Taiwhanga }}
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Category:New Zealand MPs for Māori electorates
Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Category:Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand
Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1890 New Zealand general election
Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1887 New Zealand general election
Category:19th-century New Zealand politicians
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