Paraone Brown Reweti QSO (17 November 1916 – 21 April 1996) was a New Zealand politician and Rātana morehu.
Of Ngāti Ranginui ancestry, Reweti came to Parliament from a position as an executive member of the Mount Maunganui Watersiders' Union.[1]
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967–1969 | 35th | Eastern Maori | Labour | ||
| 1969–1972 | 36th | Eastern Maori | Labour | ||
| 1972–1975 | 37th | Eastern Maori | Labour | ||
| 1975–1978 | 38th | Eastern Maori | Labour | ||
| 1978–1981 | 39th | Eastern Maori | Labour | ||
Reweti won the Eastern Maori electorate for Labour, in the 1967 by-election following the death of Puti Tipene Watene. He held the electorate until 1981, when he retired.[2]
From 1973 to 1975, during the Third Labour Government, he was chairman of the parliamentary Māori Affairs Committee.[3] In January 1976 he was appointed by Labour leader Bill Rowling as Shadow Minister of Marine.[4]
In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, Reweti was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[5]
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