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    Īhāia Pōrutu Puketapu OBE (7 February 1887 – 1 July 1971) was a New Zealand tribal leader, butcher, roading contractor and labourer. Of Māori descent...
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  • Te Āti Awa based in Waiwhetū, Lower Hutt. Puketapu was born in Waiwhetū on 26 February 1934 to Īhāia Puketapu of the Te Āti Awa iwi and Taranaki-born Vera...
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  • Puketapu is a Māori language word meaning sacred hill, and may refer to: Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006), weaver Īhāia Puketapu (1887–1971), Te Āti...
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  • parents were Vera May Puketapu (née Yeates), who was Pākehā, and Īhāia Pōrutu Puketapu. Puketapu-Hetet grew up in the Te Atiawa tribal settlement at Waiwhetū...
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  • Tangata, whose construction was spearheaded by Ihaia (Paddy) Puketapu. Jean married Ihakara Puketapu, Paddy's son, in 1956 and they moved to Wainuiomata...
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    ki te Tangata wharenui (meeting house). The marae is associated with Īhāia Puketapu, whose vision drove the project to build it. Waiwhetū Marae features...
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    George Austad 5,302 49.09 Citizens' Dick Simpson 5,206 48.20 Labour Īhāia Puketapu 5,199 48.13 Citizens' Charles Howard Hain 5,139 47.58 Citizens' Horace...
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  • after failing to gain New Zealand citizenship. 2011 Wellington Priyani Puketapu Unplaced 2010 Auckland Ria van Dyke Unplaced 2009 Auckland Katie Taylor...
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  • Henry Olsson – director of the Naval Research Laboratory, Auckland. Īhāia Pōrutu Puketapu – of Lower Hutt. For social welfare services to Māori youth. Norman...
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    Meeting House". The Press. 4 December 1957 – via Papers Past. Puketapu, Te Rira. "Puketapu, Ihaia Porutu". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for...
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