Hamiora Wiremu Maioha, OBE (21 September 1888 – 30 January 1963) was a New Zealand interpreter, farmer and community leader. Of

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descent, he identified with the

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. He was born in Waimamaku, Northland, New Zealand, on 21 September 1888. In the

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, Maioha was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Māori people.

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