item details
NameMete Kingi Te Rangi Paetahi
ProductionEdward Smallwood Richards; photographer; circa 1867; Wellington
Classificationcartes-de-visite, albumen prints, black-and-white prints, portraits
Materialssilver, printing-out paper, albumen, mounting board
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, carte-de-visite
Techniquesblack-and-white photography, photography
Dimensions98, 55
Registration NumberO.004273
Overview
Metekingi Te Rangi Paetahi was a senior chief of the Te Āti Haunui-ā-Pāpārangi iwi (tribe). He was a powerful political figure in the lower Whanganui river district, and in 1868 was elected to parliament as the first Māori member for the Western Māōri electorate.