Rangi Mawhete
Rangiputangatahi Mawhete  (4 March 1880 – 24 July 1961), born as William Arthur Moffatt and commonly known as Rangi Mawhete, was a New Zealand  land agent, interpreter and politician.

Early life
Of Māori descent, he identified with the Muaūpoko and Rangitāne iwi. He was born in Tiakitahuna, Manawatu/Horowhenua, New Zealand on 4 March 1880. He was a grandson of the Rangitane chief Te Aweawe, and educated at Te Aute College.

Political career
He unsuccessfully stood for Western Maori; in  with an unknown political affiliation (of six candidates, he came fourth), in 1922 as an Independent, and in 1925 for Labour. He organised a 1931 meeting between Ratana and Labour and organised the 1932 Māori Labour conference. In 1935 he warned against an exclusive Ratana-Labour alliance as dividing rather than uniting Māori.

He was a member of the Legislative Council for two terms from 9 March 1936 to 8 March 1950.

In the 1959 Queen's Birthday Honours, Mawhete was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to the Māori people.

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1880 births
1961 deaths
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Unsuccessful candidates in the 1914 New Zealand general election
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1922 New Zealand general election
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1925 New Zealand general election
People from Manawatū-Whanganui
New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire
20th-century translators