Henare Raumoa te Ua (26 March 1933 – 2 May 2007) was a New Zealand broadcaster.

Biography

Te Ua was born in

Rotorua Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompass ...

in 1933 of

Ngāti Porou Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi traditionally located in the East Cape and Gisborne regions of the North Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Porou is affiliated with the 28th Maori Battalion and has the second-largest affiliation of any iwi in New Zealand ...

descent. His father, Whiu Te Purei, fought with the 28th (Māori) Battalion in World War II and was killed at

Cassino Cassino () is a ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone, Southern Italy, at the southern end of the region of Lazio, the last city of the Latin Valley. Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rive ...

. His mother, Hinehou Ngata, the daughter of

Āpirana Ngata Sir Āpirana Turupa Ngata (3 July 1874 – 14 July 1950) was a prominent New Zealand statesman. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have served in Parliament in the mid-20th century, and is also known for his work ...

, died of tuberculosis in 1938. Consequently, te Ua was adopted by his mother's eldest sister, Rina, and her husband Hetekia Te Kani-ā-Takirau Kerekere Tūhoe te Ua. He was raised in Gisborne and educated at

Gisborne Boys' High School Gisborne Boys' High School is a boys' secondary school situated in Gisborne, New Zealand. It was founded as a co-educational school in 1909 as Gisborne High School. In 1956, the school became Gisborne Boys' High School when it was split into two ...

before spending a year at

Nelson College Nelson College is the oldest state secondary school in New Zealand. It is an all-boys school in the City of Nelson that teaches from years 9 to 13. In addition, it runs a private preparatory school for year 7 and 8 boys. The school also has ...

in 1951.''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006'', 6th edition (CD-ROM) In 1965, te Ua became a radio announcer at Radio Northland. Based in Whangarei he travelled throughout the region reporting on local news and events. He moved to Radio Geyserland in Rotorua as announcer in charge in 1976 and then to Te Reo o Aotearoa as assistant programme director three years later. There he became involved with Radio New Zealand's Māori programme archive, which later merged with the general programme archive to become Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. In 1987, te Ua produced the songs "E Pa To Hau" and "Parihaka-Tewhiti-Tohu-Tawhiao" on

Pātea Māori Club Pātea Māori Club is a New Zealand cultural group and performance act formed in the South Taranaki District, South Taranaki town of Patea, Pātea in 1967 as the Pātea Methodist Māori Club. In 1983, the group began to release Māori language, ...

's ''

Poi E "Poi E" is a New Zealand 1984 number-one hit song by the group Pātea Māori Club off the album of the same name. Released in 1984, the song was sung entirely in the Māori language and featured a blend of Māori cultural practices in the song a ...

''. Between 1995 and 2003, te Ua presented the Māori magazine programme ''Whenua'' on

National Radio RNZ National ( mi, Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa Ā-Motu), formerly Radio New Zealand National, and known until 2007 as the National Programme or National Radio, is a publicly funded non-commercial New Zealand English-language radio network operat ...

. In the

1992 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1992 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries ...

, te Ua was awarded the

Queen's Service Medal The Queen's Service Medal is a medal awarded by the government of New Zealand to recognise and reward volunteer service to the community and also public service in elected or appointed public office. It was established in 1975 and is related to ...

for public services. He was recognised for his outstanding contribution to radio at the 1998 New Zealand Radio Awards and he was a recipient of the

Sir Kingi Ihaka ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

Award at the 2002 Te Waka Toi Awards by Creative New Zealand.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:te Ua, Henare 1933 births 2007 deaths Ngāti Porou people People from Rotorua People educated at Gisborne Boys' High School People educated at Nelson College New Zealand broadcasters Recipients of the Queen's Service Medal