Wi Tako Ngātata

{{Short description|Te Āti Awa leader, peacemaker, politician (1815–1887)}}

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Wiremu Tako Ngātata (1815 – 8 November 1887) was a New Zealand Te Āti Awa leader, peacemaker and politician.{{DNZB|title=Wiremu Tako Ngatata|first= A. R.|last= Cairns|id=1n10|accessdate=23 April 2017}}

Wi Tako's father signed the Treaty of Waitangi in April 1840. That decade, Wi Tako was also involved in the early settling of Wellington, making many deals with the New Zealand Company.{{Cite web |title=Wi Tako |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/wi-tako |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=nzhistory.govt.nz}}

He was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council on 11 October 1872; he was (with Mokena Kohere) one of the first two Māori to become a member. He served on the Legislative Council until his death on 8 November 1887.{{cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |author-link=Guy Scholefield |edition=3rd |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher= Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |page=82}}{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= J.O. |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Government Printer |location= Wellington |page=160}} Later in his life Wi Tako converted to Roman Catholicism.