| Election Name: | 1967 Eastern Maori by-election |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Flag Year: | 1967 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1966 New Zealand general election |
| Previous Year: | 1966 general |
| Next Election: | 1969 New Zealand general election |
| Next Year: | 1969 general |
| Turnout: | 9,012 (60.70%) |
| Candidate1: | Paraone Reweti |
| Party1: | New Zealand Labour Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,460 |
| Percentage1: | 49.49 |
| Candidate2: | Arnold Reedy |
| Party2: | New Zealand National Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,416 |
| Percentage2: | 26.81 |
| Candidate3: | Maanu Paul |
| Party3: | Social Credit Party (New Zealand) |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,219 |
| Percentage3: | 13.53 |
| MP | |
| Before Election: | Puti Tipene Watene |
| Before Party: | New Zealand Labour Party |
| After Election: | Paraone Reweti |
| After Party: | New Zealand Labour Party |
The 1967 Eastern Māori by-election was a by-election for the electorate of Eastern Maori on 12 August 1967 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament.
The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member Puti Tipene Watene on 14 June 1967.
Two days after the selection meeting another meeting was held by supporters of unsuccessful nominees alleging irregularities in the selection and claiming that a member of the selection panel was biased as they had nominated one of the candidates. The rift group later sent a telegram to Labour Party head office to Allan McDonald, the general secretary of the party. The telegram contained details of the allegations and stated Reweti's selection was an "indictment against the Labour Party” and threatened to stand an independent candidate in protest.[2]
The selection dispute resulted in an independent candidate, Donald Mairangi Bennett, being selected by the rift group. Bennett, a car salesman, was a son of Bishop Frederick Bennett. The group said they were standing not as a protest not against Reweti, but against a protest against the method by which he was selected.[3]
Reedy was selected in a members ballot after which Searancke pledged his support for Reedy and undertook to accompany him on an electoral tour.[4]
The following table gives the election results:
The by-election was won by Paraone Reweti, also of the Labour Party.