Brownie Pūriri

Nau Pāraone Kawiti Pūriri (7 March 1924 – 1 September 1979) was a New Zealand land title officer and Māori welfare worker.

Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine and Ngāti Kahu o Torongare iwi.

[1] At the 1962 local elections he stood for the Porirua Borough Council but was unsuccessful.

[2] He was a candidate to stand as the Labour Party nominee at the 1963 Northern Maori by-election after the death of Tāpihana Paraire Paikea.

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