He represented Canterbury at both cricket and rugby union, and was an Independent (and sometimes Reform) Member of Parliament for Southern Maori.
He married Rahera Muriwai Mutu in 1892; the couple subsequently divorced in 1915 and it is not thought that they had any children.
[1] A fast bowler,[1] Uru played two first-class games for the Canterbury cricket team, one in each of the 1893–94 and 1894-95 seasons.
[4] Uru unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in the Southern Maori electorate against Tame Parata at the 1905, 1908 and 1911 general elections.
[7] He was re-elected at the 1919 general election and held the seat until his death from Bright's disease in Wellington on 29 November 1921.