PATTERSON, JOHN, or HONE PARATENE TAMANUI-A-RANGI, who was born in 1826, was a full-blooded Maori chief of the Ngai-Tuahuriri hapu of the Ngai-Tahu tribe; Kaiapoi. From 1868 to 1870 he sat as member for Southern Maori in the House of Representatives. He resisted the taxation of native lands, and advocated the allocation of tenths in the South Island. Patterson stood against Tainui twice in 1879, but was defeated both times.

Reference: Volume 2, page 79

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