[2] He affiliated to the Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe and Waitaha iwi (tribes).

[1] In 1896, Parata was a working for the Native Land Court as a clerk and licensed interpreter.

[2] Another brother, John Atirau Asher, came to live with Te Rongokahira and Charles Parata in Wellington in about 1906.

Parata left his position with the Native Land Court and joined William Moffatt in business as land and estate agents, interpreters and native agents; Moffatt running the Palmerston North branch and Parata the head office in Wellington.

[2] Following his father's elevation to the Legislative Council in 1911, Parata succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for the Southern Maori electorate in the 1911 general election, and he held the seat until 1918, when he died in Wellington.