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|name=Wi Pere |
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|caption=Wi Pere, circa 1884 |
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|constituency_MP2=[[Eastern Maori]] |
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|parliament2=New Zealand |
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|term_start2=[[1884 New Zealand general election|1884]] |
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|term_end2=1887 |
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|predecessor2=[[Henare Tomoana]] |
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|successor2=[[James Carroll (New Zealand politician)|James Carroll]] |
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|term_start3=[[1893 New Zealand general election|1893]] |
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|term_end3=1905 |
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|predecessor3=James Carroll |
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'''Wiremu''' "'''Wi'''" '''Pere''' (7 March 1837 – 9 December 1915), was a [[Māori people|Māori]] Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He represented [[Eastern Māori]] in the [[New Zealand House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] from 1884 to 1887, and again from 1893 to 1905.<ref name="nzhistory" /> Pere's strong criticism of the government's Māori land policies and his involvement in the turbulent land wars in the 1860s and 1870s made him a revered Māori leader<ref name="monument" /> and he was known throughout his career as an contentious debator<ref name="mackay" /> and outstanding orator in the use of the [[Māori language]] |
'''Wiremu''' "'''Wi'''" '''Pere''' (7 March 1837 – 9 December 1915), was a [[Māori people|Māori]] Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He represented [[Eastern Māori]] in the [[New Zealand House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] from 1884 to 1887, and again from 1893 to 1905.<ref name="nzhistory" /> Pere's strong criticism of the government's Māori land policies and his involvement in the turbulent land wars in the 1860s and 1870s made him a revered Māori leader<ref name="monument" /> and he was known throughout his career as an contentious debator<ref name="mackay" /> and outstanding orator in the use of the [[Māori language]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-01|title=A man ahead of his time|url=http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/lifestyle/profile/20190601/a-man-ahead-of-his-time/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Gisborne Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ward|first=Alan|date=1993|title=Pere, Wiremu|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2p11/pere-wiremu|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Te Ara}}</ref> |
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[[File:Haere_Mai_e_te_Kotuku._Rerenga_tahi_te_Manuhiri_Tuarangi._T.R.H._The_Duke_and_Duchess_of_York,_Welcome,_welcome_welcome._(1901)._(21654085162).jpg|thumb|Condolences lamenting the death of Queen Victoria sent to Duke and Duchess of York (1901). ]] |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Wi Pere was born in 1837 at |
Wi Pere was born in 1837 at Tūranga ([[Gisborne, New Zealand|Gisborne]]), the son of English Poverty Bay trader [[Thomas Halbert]] and esteemed Māori Rīria Mauaranui of Te Whānau-a-Kai hapū of [[Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki]] and [[Rongowhakaata]].<ref name="nzhistory"/><ref name="teara-bio" /><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Paterson |first1=Lachy |title=He Reo Wahine : Maori women's voices from the nineteenth century |last2=Wanhalla |first2=Angela |date=2017 |publisher=Auckland University Press |isbn=978-1-77558-928-0 |location=La Vergne |oclc=1000453795 |author-link2=Angela Wanhalla}}</ref> Pere was baptised William Halbert but commonly went by his Maori name, Wiremu Pere (William Bell).<ref name="teara-bio" /> |
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From a young age Pere was noted for his shrewdness and identified by elders as having exceptional intelligence.<ref name="wiperetrust">{{cite web|title=The Man |
From a young age Pere was noted for his shrewdness and identified by elders as having exceptional intelligence.<ref name="wiperetrust">{{cite web|title=The Man – Wi Pere|url=http://wipere.com/about-wi-pere-trust/wi-pere-the-man.aspx|website=Wi Pere Trust|access-date=6 May 2017}}</ref> He was raised largely under the tutelage of his mother and was schooled in tribal lore and genealogy by Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki iwi elders of the Maraehinahina whare [[wānanga]]. This formed the basis of his authority in land dealings and [[Native Land Court]] proceedings from the 1870s.<ref name="teara-bio" /> |
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The local Anglican mission also identified Pere as an emerging leader, and he became a member of the first standing committee of the [[Anglican Diocese of Waiapu|Diocese of Waiapu]].<ref name="teara-bio" /> |
The local Anglican mission also identified Pere as an emerging leader, and he became a member of the first standing committee of the [[Anglican Diocese of Waiapu|Diocese of Waiapu]].<ref name="teara-bio" /> |
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In both the [[1887 New Zealand general election|1887]] and [[1890 New Zealand general election|1890 elections]] Pere lost the Eastern Māori seat to [[James Carroll (New Zealand politician)|James Carroll]],<ref name="mackay"/> who was opposed to the Kotahitanga separatist movement. When Carroll stood down in 1893 to contest the [[Gisborne (New Zealand electorate)|Gisborne]] (European) seat,<ref name="carroll-bio"/> Pere won Eastern Maori back as a member of the [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Liberal Party]]. He served a further four terms before losing the seat to [[Āpirana Ngata]] in the [[1905 New Zealand general election|1905 general election]].<ref name="Wilson"/><ref name="teara-bio"/> |
In both the [[1887 New Zealand general election|1887]] and [[1890 New Zealand general election|1890 elections]] Pere lost the Eastern Māori seat to [[James Carroll (New Zealand politician)|James Carroll]],<ref name="mackay"/> who was opposed to the Kotahitanga separatist movement. When Carroll stood down in 1893 to contest the [[Gisborne (New Zealand electorate)|Gisborne]] (European) seat,<ref name="carroll-bio"/> Pere won Eastern Maori back as a member of the [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Liberal Party]]. He served a further four terms before losing the seat to [[Āpirana Ngata]] in the [[1905 New Zealand general election|1905 general election]].<ref name="Wilson"/><ref name="teara-bio"/> |
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Pere was appointed to the [[New Zealand Legislative Council|Legislative Council]] on 22 January 1907, where he was effectively the only Māori member.<ref name="teara-bio" /> By this time Pere had become a strong empire loyalist. He offered to lead a Māori contingency to the South African war of 1899–1902 and urged military training for all New Zealanders.<ref name="nzhistory" /> Pere was unseated from the Legislative Council in 1912.<ref name="teara-bio" /><ref name="pbh-seat">{{cite news|title=Wi Pere's Seat |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19120927.2.27 | |
Pere was appointed to the [[New Zealand Legislative Council|Legislative Council]] on 22 January 1907, where he was effectively the only Māori member.<ref name="teara-bio" /> By this time Pere had become a strong empire loyalist. He offered to lead a Māori contingency to the South African war of 1899–1902 and urged military training for all New Zealanders.<ref name="nzhistory" /> Pere was unseated from the Legislative Council in 1912.<ref name="teara-bio" /><ref name="pbh-seat">{{cite news|title=Wi Pere's Seat |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19120927.2.27 |access-date=6 May 2017|agency=Poverty Bay Herald|issue=12879|date=27 September 1912}}</ref> |
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==Death and legacy== |
==Death and legacy== |
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[[File:Wi Pere Monument2020-10-04 12.24.26.jpg|alt=the paved side of the river an obelisk style monument sits on a plinth|thumb|Wī Pere Monument]] |
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Upon his death Judge Jones of the Gisborne Native Land Court, made reference as follows; "A great Chief and one whose name was a household word among the Māori. No one loved the Māori people more than he did". The local newspaper highlighted Pere's death with such headings as "Champion of the Māori Race", "A Link with the Past", "The Last of the Great Chiefs".{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} |
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Māori historian [[Rongowhakaata Halbert|Rongowhakaata Pere Halbert]] was a grandson of Wi Pere.<ref name="DNZBHalbert"/> |
Māori historian [[Rongowhakaata Halbert|Rongowhakaata Pere Halbert]] was a grandson of Wi Pere.<ref name="DNZBHalbert"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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<ref name="monument">{{cite web|title=Wi Pere Monument|url=http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3535|website=Heritage New Zealand|publisher=Ministry of Culture and Heritage| |
<ref name="monument">{{cite web|title=Wi Pere Monument|url=http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3535|website=Heritage New Zealand|publisher=Ministry of Culture and Heritage|access-date=6 May 2017}}</ref> |
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<ref name="mackay">{{cite book|author1=Joseph Angus Mackay|title=Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.|date=1949|publisher=J. A. Mackay|pages=353–354|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-MacHist-t1-body-d38-d7-d1.html#name-208955-mention| |
<ref name="mackay">{{cite book|author1=Joseph Angus Mackay|title=Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.|date=1949|publisher=J. A. Mackay|pages=353–354|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-MacHist-t1-body-d38-d7-d1.html#name-208955-mention|access-date=6 May 2017}}</ref> |
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<ref name="carroll-bio">{{cite web|title=James Carroll Biography|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/james-carroll|website=NZ History|publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage| |
<ref name="carroll-bio">{{cite web|title=James Carroll Biography|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/james-carroll|website=NZ History|publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|access-date=6 May 2017}}</ref> |
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<ref name="DNZBHalbert">{{DNZB|title=Rongowhakaata Pere Halbert|first=Peter|last=Gordon|id=4h4}}</ref> |
<ref name="DNZBHalbert">{{DNZB|title=Rongowhakaata Pere Halbert|first=Peter|last=Gordon|id=4h4}}</ref> |
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<ref name="Wilson">{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=James Oakley|title=New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984|edition=4th| |
<ref name="Wilson">{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=James Oakley|title=New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984|edition=4th|orig-year=1913|year=1985|publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer|location=Wellington|oclc=154283103}}</ref> |
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<ref name="nzhistory">{{cite web|title=Wiremu Pere|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/wiremu-pere|website=NZ History|publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage| |
<ref name="nzhistory">{{cite web|title=Wiremu Pere|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/wiremu-pere|website=NZ History|publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|access-date=6 May 2017}}</ref> |
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<ref name="teara-bio">{{cite web|author1=Alan Ward|title=Pere, Wiremu – Biography|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2p11/pere-wiremu|website=Dictionary of New Zealand Biography|publisher=Te Ara |
<ref name="teara-bio">{{cite web|author1=Alan Ward|title=Pere, Wiremu – Biography|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2p11/pere-wiremu|website=Dictionary of New Zealand Biography|publisher=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand}}</ref> |
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<ref name="pbherald">{{cite news|title=Wi Pere Memorial|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19190410.2.3#| |
<ref name="pbherald">{{cite news|title=Wi Pere Memorial|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19190410.2.3#|access-date=6 May 2017|issue=14883|work=Poverty Bay Herald|date=10 April 1919|pages=2}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 04:42, 14 March 2024
Wi Pere | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Eastern Maori | |
In office 1884–1887 | |
Preceded by | Henare Tomoana |
Succeeded by | James Carroll |
In office 1893–1905 | |
Preceded by | James Carroll |
Succeeded by | Sir Āpirana Ngata |
Personal details | |
Born | Gisborne, New Zealand | 7 March 1837
Died | 9 December 1915 Gisborne, New Zealand | (aged 78)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse |
Arapera Matenga Toti
(m. 1856) |
Relatives | Thomas Halbert (father) Rongowhakaata Halbert (grandson) |
Wiremu "Wi" Pere (7 March 1837 – 9 December 1915), was a Māori Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He represented Eastern Māori in the House of Representatives from 1884 to 1887, and again from 1893 to 1905.[1] Pere's strong criticism of the government's Māori land policies and his involvement in the turbulent land wars in the 1860s and 1870s made him a revered Māori leader[2] and he was known throughout his career as an contentious debator[3] and outstanding orator in the use of the Māori language.[4][5]
Biography[edit]
Wi Pere was born in 1837 at Tūranga (Gisborne), the son of English Poverty Bay trader Thomas Halbert and esteemed Māori Rīria Mauaranui of Te Whānau-a-Kai hapū of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Rongowhakaata.[1][6][7] Pere was baptised William Halbert but commonly went by his Maori name, Wiremu Pere (William Bell).[6]
From a young age Pere was noted for his shrewdness and identified by elders as having exceptional intelligence.[8] He was raised largely under the tutelage of his mother and was schooled in tribal lore and genealogy by Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki iwi elders of the Maraehinahina whare wānanga. This formed the basis of his authority in land dealings and Native Land Court proceedings from the 1870s.[6]
The local Anglican mission also identified Pere as an emerging leader, and he became a member of the first standing committee of the Diocese of Waiapu.[6]
In 1856, Pere married Arapera Matenga Toti at Waerenga-a-hika.[6]
Political career[edit]
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1884–1887 | 9th | Eastern Maori | Independent | ||
1893–1896 | 12th | Eastern Maori | Liberal | ||
1896–1899 | 13th | Eastern Maori | Liberal | ||
1899–1902 | 14th | Eastern Maori | Liberal | ||
1902–1905 | 15th | Eastern Maori | Liberal |
In 1865, as Pai Marire emissaries gained support in Poverty Bay and tensions grew amid local iwi, Wi Pere remained a government supporter and constant to his Anglican allegiance.[6] However, despite this, he protested against the exile of Poverty Bay Māori to the Chatham Islands, and strongly opposed the government's attempts to confiscate their land.[1] Through his work in the Repudiation movement to support Māori land owners, Pere became an important Māori leader in the region and gained wide support in his first bid for Parliament in 1884.[6]
Pere attracted much attention when he won the Eastern Māori seat in the 1884 general election.[3] As the fourth representative for the electorate, Pere spoke strongly against the Native Land Court's actions of giving land title to individuals, believing land should be owned by hapū (sub-tribes) or whānau (family). He also joined the Kotahitanga movement and supported its efforts to establish a separate Māori Parliament.[1]
In both the 1887 and 1890 elections Pere lost the Eastern Māori seat to James Carroll,[3] who was opposed to the Kotahitanga separatist movement. When Carroll stood down in 1893 to contest the Gisborne (European) seat,[9] Pere won Eastern Maori back as a member of the Liberal Party. He served a further four terms before losing the seat to Āpirana Ngata in the 1905 general election.[10][6]
Pere was appointed to the Legislative Council on 22 January 1907, where he was effectively the only Māori member.[6] By this time Pere had become a strong empire loyalist. He offered to lead a Māori contingency to the South African war of 1899–1902 and urged military training for all New Zealanders.[1] Pere was unseated from the Legislative Council in 1912.[6][11]
Death and legacy[edit]
Wi Pere died on 9 December 1915, and was buried in a vault at Waerenga-a-Hika on 3 January 1916. In his eulogy Apirana Ngata remarked: "No man ever did more for his people...never was there a greater fighter for his race than Wi Pere".[3]
As a final tribute to Wi Pere, a monument was erected along Reads Quay, Gisborne in 1919 to coincide with the return of Māori troops from war. It was unveiled on 9 April 1919 by Hon. James Carroll.[2][12]
Māori historian Rongowhakaata Pere Halbert was a grandson of Wi Pere.[13]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Wiremu Pere". NZ History. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Wi Pere Monument". Heritage New Zealand. Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d Joseph Angus Mackay (1949). Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z. J. A. Mackay. pp. 353–354. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "A man ahead of his time". Gisborne Herald. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ Ward, Alan (1993). "Pere, Wiremu". Te Ara. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Alan Ward. "Pere, Wiremu – Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
- ^ Paterson, Lachy; Wanhalla, Angela (2017). He Reo Wahine : Maori women's voices from the nineteenth century. La Vergne: Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1-77558-928-0. OCLC 1000453795.
- ^ "The Man – Wi Pere". Wi Pere Trust. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "James Carroll Biography". NZ History. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "Wi Pere's Seat". No. 12879. Poverty Bay Herald. 27 September 1912. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Wi Pere Memorial". Poverty Bay Herald. No. 14883. 10 April 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Gordon, Peter. "Rongowhakaata Pere Halbert". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
- 1837 births
- 1915 deaths
- Independent MPs of New Zealand
- New Zealand Liberal Party MPs
- New Zealand MPs for Māori electorates
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council
- Māori MLCs
- People from Gisborne, New Zealand
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1887 New Zealand general election
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1890 New Zealand general election
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1905 New Zealand general election
- 19th-century New Zealand politicians
- Rongowhakaata people
- Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki people
- Halbert-Kohere family