Sir Kīngi Matutaera ĪhakaMBEJP (18 October 1921 – 1 January 1993), known to his family as Matu Īhaka, was a New Zealand clerk, interpreter, Anglican priest, broadcaster and Māori Language Commissioner. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Te Aupōuriiwi. He was born in Te Kao, Northland, New Zealand, on 18 October 1921.[1]
kīngi, Īhaka, kīngi, matutaera, Īhaka, october, 1921, january, 1993, known, family, matu, Īhaka, zealand, clerk, interpreter, anglican, priest, broadcaster, māori, language, commissioner, māori, descent, identified, with, aupōuri, born, northland, zealand, oct. Sir Kingi Matutaera ihaka MBE JP 18 October 1921 1 January 1993 known to his family as Matu ihaka was a New Zealand clerk interpreter Anglican priest broadcaster and Maori Language Commissioner Of Maori descent he identified with the Te Aupōuri iwi He was born in Te Kao Northland New Zealand on 18 October 1921 1 ihaka was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1970 Queen s Birthday Honours for services to the Anglican Maori Church 2 In the 1989 New Year Honours he was made a Knight Bachelor for services to the Maori people 3 In 1990 he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal 4 He was buried at Purewa Cemetery in the Auckland suburb of Meadowbank 5 References Edit Ihaka Kingi Kingi Matutaera ihaka Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Ministry for Culture and Heritage Retrieved 1 December 2011 No 45119 The London Gazette 3rd supplement 13 June 1970 p 6407 No 51580 The London Gazette 3rd supplement 31 December 1988 p 33 Taylor Alister Coddington Deborah 1994 Honoured by the Queen New Zealand Auckland New Zealand Who s Who Aotearoa p 197 ISBN 0 908578 34 2 Notable graves Purewa Trust Board Retrieved 15 February 2021 This biographical article related to government in New Zealand is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to the Maori people of New Zealand is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kingi ihaka amp oldid 1124051343, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
