Major Wiremu Te WHEORO


1857 ... ..	Was made a magistrate without a salary (1)
1860 ... ..	Received a salary (1)
1863 ... ..	Was made a Captain in the NZ Militia (1)
1866 ... ..	Appointed assessor of the Native Land Court (1)

1872 ... ..	"... but when I saw the corruption of that
		court I left it..." (1)

1873 ... ..	Was made a Major (1)
1875 ... ..	Was made a Maori Commissioner (1)

1879 ... ..	"... then I saw more clearly the unfair
		dealing of the Government towards the Natives,
		and I gave up the post..." (1)

1879 ... ..	Was made a Member of Parliament, "thinking
		that there, perhaps, the rights of the Maoris
		would be respected..."


(1) The Aborigines' Friend v2 n4 (Dec 1884): The Maori King and
Chiefs at the Colonial Office.