Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury

Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury
Member of Te Kotahitanga (Māori Parliament)
In office June 1892 – 1902
1st Chairman of Te Kotahitanga (Māori Parliament)
In office June 1892 – July 1892
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Hone Taare Tikao
2nd Premier of Te Kotahitanga (Māori Parliament)
In office 1893–1894
Preceded by	Hamiora Mangakahia
Succeeded by	Hamiora Mangakahia
Personal details
Born	(1841-02-04)February 4, 1841 Wairarapa, New Zealand
Died	September 26, 1923(1923-09-26) (aged 82) Greytown, New Zealand
Resting place	Greytown (Papawai) Maori Cemetery
Spouse(s)	Pane Ihaka Te Moe Whatarau Hera Ihaka Te Moe Whatarau Huhana Apiata Keriana Te Potae-aute Mata Pohoua Hera Erena Rongo Hera Ferris
Children	15
Parents	Te Aitu-o-te-rangi Jury John Milsome Jury
Occupation	Academic, politician
Religion	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Hoani Turi Te Whatahoro Jury (4 February 1841–26 September 1923) was a New Zealand Ngāti Kahungunu scholar, recorder and interpreter. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi. He was born in Wairarapa, New Zealand on 4 February 1841. His mother was Te Aitu-o-te-rangi Jury and his father John Milsome Jury, an Englishman.^[1]

In 1892 he was elected Chairman of Te Kotahitanga, the movement for an autonomous Māori parliament, at its first meeting at Waipatu. At the second sitting of Te Kotahitanga in 1893 he was elected Premier. His premiership was mired by accusations of financial mismanagement made by his predecessor and successor, Hamiora Mangakahia.^[2]

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