{{Short description|New Zealand politician}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Wiremu Katene | honorific_suffix = | image = Wiremu Katene.jpg | caption = Wiremu Katene circa 1871 | order = Minister without portfolio | prime_minister = George Waterhouse<br>Sir William Fox<br>Sir Julius Vogel<br>Daniel Pollen | term_start = Nov 1872 | term_end = Feb 1876 | predecessor = | successor = | constituency_MP2 = | parliament2 = | majority2 = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number--> | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date|1895|11|01|df=y}} | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | party = None | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relatives = Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (fourth great-granddaughter) | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} {{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1871}} |end = 1875 |term = 5th |electorate = Northern Maori |party = Independent politician }} {{NZ parlbox break}} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{By-election link year|Northern Maori|1887}} |end = |term = 9th |electorate = Northern Maori |party = Independent politician }} {{End}} '''Wiremu Katene''' (died 1 November 1895), also known as '''Wi Katene''', was a New Zealand politician.
In 1872 he became the first Māori to be appointed to the Executive Council, becoming the first indigenous Minister of the Crown. He was also a member of the House of Representatives from {{NZ election link year|1871}} to 1875, and again in {{By-election link year|Northern Maori|1887}}.<ref name="Scholefield 1950">{{cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |authorlink=Guy Scholefield |edition=3rd |orig-date= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher= Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |page=118}}</ref>
He died on 1 November 1895.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18951111.2.21 | title=Local and general news | date=11 November 1895 | work=The New Zealand Herald| accessdate=29 March 2015 | page=5}}</ref> The politician Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is a descendant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NZ's youngest MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke pays touching tribute to her ancestor Wiremu Katene |url=https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/10/18/nzs-youngest-mp-hana-rawhiti-maipi-clarke-pays-touching-tribute-to-her-ancestor-wiremu-katene/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Te Ao Māori News |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} * [http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2p5/1 Te Ara biography] of Wiremu Parata appointed to the Executive Council a month after Katene * [https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d3-d9-d38.html Wiremu Katene's biography] on the Victoria University NZETC website
{{s-start}} {{s-par | nz}} {{s-bef | before = Frederick Nene Russell}} {{s-ttl | rows = 2 | title = Member of Parliament for Northern Maori | years = 1871–1875<br>1887 }} {{s-aft | after= Hori Tawhiti }} {{s-bef | before = Ihaka Hakuene}} {{s-aft | after= Sydney Taiwhanga }} {{end}}
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