Matiu Te Auripo Te Hau (11 July 1912 – 9 November 1978) was a notable New Zealand teacher, educationalist and community leader. Of
Māori
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descent, he identified with the
Te Whakatohea iwi
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. He was born in
Omarumutu,
Bay of Plenty
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, New Zealand, on 11 July 1912,
and was appointed an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the
1973 New Year Honours
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, for services to Māori education.
In both
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
and
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Janu ...
he stood unsuccessfully for a seat on the
Auckland City Council
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.
He was a member of the
National Party and was the
Northern Maori
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electorate secretary in 1954 and its chairman from 1965 to 1974, and again in 1978. He served three spells as a member of its national executive as National's Maori vice president from 1963 to 1965, 1969 to 1971 and again 1975 to 1977.
References
1912 births
1978 deaths
New Zealand schoolteachers
New Zealand Māori schoolteachers
Whakatōhea people
New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Māori politicians
New Zealand National Party politicians
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