Paraone Brown Reweti (17 November 1916 – 21 April 1996) was a New Zealand politician and Rātana morehu.

Early life

Of Ngāti Ranginui ancestry, Reweti came to Parliament from a position as an executive member of the Mount Maunganui Watersiders' Union.

Political career

Reweti won the Eastern Maori electorate for Labour, in the following the death of Puti Tipene Watene. He held the electorate until 1981, when he retired. From 1973 to 1975, during the Third Labour Government, he was chairman of the parliamentary Māori Affairs Committee. In January 1976 he was appointed by Labour leader Bill Rowling as Shadow Minister of Marine. In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, Reweti was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.