New Zealand politician
Henare Kaihau (second row, middle). Front row from left: Richard Seddon, Premier; Mahuta Tāwhiao, Maori King. Second row from left: Tupu Taingakawa Te Waharoa, Maori Kingmaker; Henare Kaihau; James Carroll, MP. Taken at Huntly, New Zealand in 1898
Henare Kaihau (1854/1860? – 20 May 1920) was a New Zealand Māori politician, serving as Member of the House of Representatives for the Western Maori electorate.
His birth year is uncertain. The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography gives a range from 1854 to 1860,[1] whereas Wilson gives 1855.[2]
He unsuccessfully contested the Western Maori electorate in the 1884 election. Of eight candidates, he came fifth with 9.7% of the vote.[3] In the 1886 by-election, he came third out of five candidates.[4][5] In the 1896 election, he defeated Ropata Te Ao,[6] and he held the Western Maori electorate to 1911 when he was defeated by Māui Pōmare.[2]
Wilson notes him as a Reform Party supporter.[2] Kaihau does, however, appear on a poster of the Liberal Party in 1910.[7] The New Zealand Herald, in its 1905 election reporting, also lists him as a government supporter, i.e. a Liberal.[8] Those newspapers that listed political affiliation for Maori candidates for the 1908 election, The Star (Christchurch) and The Tuapeka Times, also show him as a supporter of the Ward Ministry.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Kaihau, Henare". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ a b c Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 209. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "The Western Maori Election". Waikato Times. Vol. XXIII, no. 1885. 5 August 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Wanganui Herald". Wanganui Herald. Vol. XXI, no. 6117. 11 January 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "The Western Maori Election". The Evening Post. Vol. XXXII, no. 191. 30 December 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Untitled". Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. XXIV, no. 7816. 4 January 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Members of the Liberal Party". NZ Liberal Party. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "The Maori Election". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. XLII, no. 13055. 21 December 1905. p. 6. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ "Maori Electorates". The Star. No. 9385. 6 November 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ "The General Election". The Tuapeka Times. Vol. XL, no. 5596. 5 December 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
