Te Puke Te Ao (1834 – 28 October 1886) was a 19th-century

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member of the

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. Te Ao was a chief of the

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tribe. Early in his life, he was converted by missionaries. Te Ao was a sheep farmer at Ōtaki on the

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. He represented the

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electorate from

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when he defeated

Wiremu Te Wheoro Wiremu Te Morehu Maipapa Te Wheoro (1826–1895), also known as Major Te Wheoro and later as Wiremu Te Morehu or William Morris, was a 19th-century Māori people, Māori member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, House of Representative ...

, to 1886 when he died. He was related to Ropata Te Ao, who represented the Western Maori electorate from to 1896.

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1834 births 1886 deaths New Zealand MPs for Māori electorates Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives People from Ōtaki, New Zealand 19th-century New Zealand politicians {{Māori-bio-stub