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Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1884–1886	9th	Western Maori			Independent

Te Puke Te Ao (1834 – 28 October 1886) was a 19th-century Māori member of the House of Representatives.

Te Ao was a chief of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe. Early in his life, he was converted by missionaries. Te Ao was a sheep farmer at Ōtaki on the Kāpiti Coast.^[1]

He represented the Western Maori electorate from 1884 when he defeated Wiremu Te Wheoro, to 1886 when he died.^[2] He was related to Ropata Te Ao,^[1] who represented the Western Maori electorate from 1893 to 1896.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). Vol. I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. p. 17. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
^ ^a ^b Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 180. OCLC 154283103.

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Preceded by Wiremu Te Wheoro	Member of Parliament for Western Maori 1884–1886	Succeeded by Hoani Taipua

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[DNZB1940_Te_Ao-1] Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). Vol. I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. p. 17. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

[Wilson-2] Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 180. OCLC 154283103.

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