Iriaka Rātana
Former Member of the New Zealand Parliament
Iriaka Matiu Rātana OBE was a New Zealand politician and Rātana morehu who won the Western Maori electorate for Labour in 1949. She succeeded her husband Matiu Rātana to become the first woman to represent Māori in the New Zealand Parliament. She... Wikipedia
Born: February 25, 1905, Jerusalem, New Zealand
Died: December 21, 1981 (age 76 years), Whanganui
Partner: Matiu Rātana
Party: New Zealand Labour Party
Previous office: Member of the New Zealand Parliament (1949–1969)