Hone Heke Ngapua

1896 caricature of Hone Heke Ngapua

Hone Heke Ngapuha (6 June 1869 – 9 February 1909) was a Māori and Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was born in Kaikohe, and was named after his great-uncle Hone Heke.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1893–1896	12th	Northern Maori		Liberal
1896–1899	13th	Northern Maori		Liberal
1899–1900	14th	Northern Maori		Liberal
1901–1905	14th	Northern Maori		Liberal
1902–1905	15th	Northern Maori		Liberal
1905–1908	16th	Northern Maori		Liberal
1908–1909	17th	Northern Maori		Liberal

Ngapua was born in 1869 at Kaikohe.^[1]

He won the Northern Maori electorate in 1893, with the support of Kotahitanga. He was adjudged bankrupt and vacated the seat on 29 October 1900. However, he was re-elected to the seat in a by-election on 9 January 1901 (as Joseph Ward was in 1897).^[2] He died in Wellington of tuberculosis at only 40 while an MP in 1909.

He was influential in the development of the Young Maori Party, and helped defuse the conflict of the Dog Tax War of 1897. He introduced a Native Rights Bill, some of which was incorporated into legislation passed in 1900.

Notes

1. Kawharu, Freda Rankin. "Ngapua, Hone Heke - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 204. OCLC 154283103.

References

• Biography in 1966 An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
• Paul Moon Ngapua: The Political Life of Hone Heke Ngapua, MHR. Auckland: David Ling Publishing. 2006. ISBN 1-877378-02-X.