Te Hētana
Ko Te Hētana (Richard John Seddon, 1845-1906) he Pirimia o Aotearoa (1892-1906). Ka whānau mai ia i Ingarangi. Ka tae mai ia ki Aotearoa i te tau 1866. Ka haere ia ki ngā papa koura o Waimea kimi koura ai. Nō muri iho, he kaiwhakahaere hōtera ia ki Te Tai-poutini.
I te tau 1879 ka tū ia mō te rohe pōti o Hokitika, ā, ka wikitoria, ka haere ki te Pāremata. Ahakoa he tangata rongonui mō te roa o ana kōrero, he matatau hoki ia ki te mahi tōrangapū.
Nō te tau 1891, ka wikitoria te rōpū Rīpera, ka kuhu a Te Hētana ki te kāwanatanga. Nō te 1892 ka riro i a ia te tūranga o te Pirimia, tae rawa atu ki te tau 1906, kit e tau I mate ai ia. Ka riro anō i a ia te tūranga o Minita mō ngā Take Māori, mai i te 1893 tae atu ki te 1899. Nō te tau 1900, nā runga i ngā inoi a te rōpū Kotahitanga, ka katia e Te Hētana te hook i ngā whenua Māori. Nā Te Hētana i whakatū ngā Kaunihera Māori me ngā Poari Whenua Māori, me te aha, ka taea e te Māori te pupuri whenua me te whakapai i te hauora o te hapori. Ka riria te Kāwanatanga e ngā tāngata whaimoni, ā, i te tau 1905, ka whakarerekēngia ngā ture, ā, he nunui rawa ngā whenua ka ngaro.
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