Rātana Pā. She held the electorate until her retirement in 1969. Rātana was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Māori people, in the 1971 New Year Honours. She died on 21 December 1981 in Wanganui Hospital and was buried at Aramoho Cemetery. References Henderson, James Mcleod (1963). Ratana The Man, The Church, The Movement (1st ed.) A.H & A.W. Reed Ltd . Women in Parliamentary Life 1970–1990: Hocken Lecture 1993 by Marilyn Waring, page 34 (Hocken Library, University of Otago, 1994) 1905 births 1981 deaths New Zealand Labour Party MPs Rātana MPs Women members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for Māori electorates Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire Burials at Aramoho Cemetery 20th-century New Zealand politicians 20th-century New Zealand women politicians