biography
| name: |
Ngata, Sir Apirana Turupa Nohopari
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pronunciation:
[nggahta]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1874–1950)
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| biography:
| New Zealand statesman and Maori scholar, born in Te Araroa, New Zealand. He studied at Canterbury and Auckland universities, and became a lawyer, an MP (1906–43), and a cabinet minister (1928–36). He worked for the economic development of Maori land and for a revival of interest in Maori culture. He was knighted in 1927. |
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