caption relations death_date death_place children birth_place constituency_mp parliament predecessor successor birth_date spouse term_start image article_title term_end name
tirikatene in 1945 whetu -rrb- tirikatene-sullivan -lrb- daughter -rrb- rino tirikatene -lrb- grandson 11 january 1967 kaiapoi , new zealand 12 te rakiwhakaputa pā , kaiapoi , new zealand southern maori new zealand tuiti makitanara whetu tirikatene-sullivan 5 january 1895 ruti matekino solomon 3 august 1932 eruera tirikatene.jpg eruera tirikatene
 11 january 1967 sir eruera tirikatene
eruera tirikatene

sir eruera tihema te aika tirikatene -lrb- 5 january 1895 -- 11 january 1967 -rrb- was a new zealand māori politician of the ngai tahu tribe .
known in early life as edward james te aika tregerthen , he was the first ratana member of parliament and was elected in a by-election for southern maori in june 1932 after the death of tuiti makitanara .
he remained the mp until his death in 1967 , when his daughter whetu tirikatene-sullivan succeeded to the seat , also in a by-election .
