Apirana mahuika wikipedia
Apirana Mahuika (–), Māori tribal leader; Āpirana Ngata (–), politician and lawyer; Api Pewhairangi (born ), Ireland rugby league player.
Apirana Tuahae Kaukapakapa Mahuika (1 May – 9 February ) was a New Zealand Māori tribal leader....
Apirana Mahuika
Māori tribal leader
Apirana Tuahae Kaukapakapa Mahuika (1 May 1934 – 9 February 2015) was a New Zealand Māori tribal leader.
He was chair of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou from its establishment in 1987 until his death in 2015.
Biography
Mahuika was born at Whakawhitira, near Tikitiki, in 1934 to Te Hamana and Tangipo Hemoata Mahuika, and was the youngest of 14 children.
Educated at Te Aute College, he gained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Auckland and a Master of Arts from the University of Sydney. He was ordained as an Anglican minister in 1962.[1]
He taught at a number of institutions, including St Stephen's School at Bombay, The Correspondence School, Wellington Teachers' College and the University of Waikato,[2] and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the latter establishment in 2004.[3] He was also a member of the council of the University of Waikato.[4] In 1990, Mahuika was awarded the New Zealand 1990