Iriaka Matiu Ratana
Politician
1905 – 1981
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Who was Iriaka Matiu Ratana?
Iriaka Matiu Rātana, OBE was a New Zealand politician and Rātana morehu who won the Western Maori electorate for Labour in 1949. She succeeded her husband Matiu Rātana to become the first woman to represent Maori in the New Zealand parliament. She held the electorate until her retirement in 1969.
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