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Wiremu Teihoka `` Ned '' Parata -LRB- 1879 -- 23 February 1949 -RRB- was a New Zealand rugby union administrator .. rugby union. rugby union. Of Ngai Tahu descent , Parata was born at Puketeraki , near Karitane .. Ngai Tahu. Ngai Tahu. Karitane. Karitane. He was the youngest son of Tame Parata and younger brother of Taare Parata .. Tame Parata. Tame Parata. Taare Parata. Taare Parata. Educated at Te Aute College , Parata became a rugby union administrator after his playing days were ended by serious illness .. rugby union. rugby union. Te Aute College. Te Aute College. He organised the first official New Zealand Maori rugby team in 1910 and managed the side on its tour of Australia .. New Zealand Maori. Maori All Blacks. He underwrote the cost of touring with the profits from his motor car business .. He subsequently managed the team on tours to Australia in 1913 , 1922 and 1923 .. He also managed the team on their 1926 -- 27 tour of New Zealand , Australia , Ceylon , France , England , Wales and Canada .. In 1911 , Parata became the first president of the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union , a position he held until 1925 .. Bay of Plenty Rugby Union. Bay of Plenty Rugby Union. He served on the New Zealand Rugby Management Committee between 1922 and 1926 in his capacity as president of the Maori Advisory Board .. In 1943 he was the first Maori to be made a life member of the New Zealand Rugby Union .. New Zealand Rugby Union. New Zealand Rugby Union. Parata stood for election to the New Zealand parliament as the United / Reform Coalition candidate in the 1932 Southern Maori by-election .. United / Reform Coalition. United / Reform Coalition. 1932 Southern Maori by-election. Southern Maori by-election, 1932. He was unsuccessful , finishing a distant second behind the Ratana candidate Eruera Tirikatene .. Ratana. Ratana. Eruera Tirikatene. Eruera Tirikatene. In the 1948 King 's Birthday Honours , Parata was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to the Maori people .. Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Order of the British Empire. Parata died at Seacliff Hospital near Dunedin in 1949 .. Seacliff Hospital. Seacliff Lunatic Asylum. Dunedin. Dunedin