Matiu Rata

Matiu Rata
Hon. Matiu Rata MP
32nd Minister of Māori Affairs
In office
8 December 1972 – 12 December 1975
Preceded by Duncan MacIntyre
Succeeded by Duncan MacIntyre
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Northern Maori
In office
1963 – 1980
Preceded by Tapihana Paraire Paikea
Succeeded by Bruce Gregory
Personal details
Born  New Zealand
1934
Te Hāpua, New Zealand
Died 1997 (aged 62–63)
Political party New Zealand Labour Party
Mana Motuhake
Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1963–1966 Labour
1966–1969 Labour
1969–1972 Labour
1972–1975 Labour
1975–1978 Labour
1978–1979 39th Northern Maori Labour
1979–1980 39th Northern Maori Independent

Matiu Rata (1934–1997) was a New Zealand Māori politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Northern Maori from 1963 to 1979, the Minister of Lands and Minister of Māori Affairs in the Third Labour Government of New Zealand between 1972 and 1975. He was the architect of both the Māori Affairs Amendment Act of 1974, which gave Māori greater control over their land, and the 1975 Waitangi Tribunal.

In 1979 he resigned from the Labour Party. In 1980 he resigned from Parliament and formed the Mana Motuhake Party to contest the resulting by-election. He was defeated by Bruce Gregory, but came second with 991 fewer votes.

Following his exit from Parliament Matiu Rata was the leader of the Muriwhenua in presenting their Treaty of Waitangi claims to the Waitangi Tribunal, resulting in a settlement of Māori fishing claims for the tribes of the Far North. Matiu Rata had a wife named Nelly Rata and 2 children named Matthew Rata and Mary-Anne Rata. Matiu Rata died a year before his grandchild, Taylah-Rose Rata.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Duncan MacIntyre
Minister of Māori Affairs
1972–1975
Succeeded by
Duncan MacIntyre
Parliament of New Zealand
Preceded by
Tapihana Paraire Paikea
Member of Parliament for Northern Maori
1963–1980
Succeeded by
Bruce Gregory



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