Arnold Reedy
Hānara Tangiāwhā Te Ōhakī "'Arnold" Reedy' was a New Zealand tribal leader, farmer and soldier. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Porou iwi.
Early life and family
He was born in Whareponga, East Coast, New Zealand, on 16 August 1903. He was the eldest son of Materoa Reedy, née Ngarimu, and John Marshall Reedy, himself the eldest son of Thomas Tyne Reedy, an Irishman, and Mihi Takawhenua Ngawiki Tuhou. Hekia Parata, a former member of Parliament, is his granddaughter.Reedy was educated at Napier Boys' High School and Gisborne Boys' High School.
Adult life
Reedy was a captain in the Māori Battalion in World War II, serving alongside his cousin Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu, and returned to farming after the war. In 1949 he was a Māori member of the New Zealand delegation to the United Nations. He was a foundation member of the New Zealand Maori Council for ten years, and was chairman of the Horouta Tribal Executive between 1956 and 1970.Reedy contested the Eastern Māori seat several times; in and for Social Credit Party and in, and the 1967 by-election for National Party.