Otene Pitau (born Otene Pitau Halbert, 1834 – 13 August 1921) was a New Zealand Māori leader. Of
Māori
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
descent, he identified with the
Rongowhakaata
Rongowhakaata is a Māori ''iwi'' of the Gisborne region of New Zealand.
Hapū and marae
There are three primary ''hapū'' (subtribes) of Rongowhakaata today: Ngati Kaipoho, Ngai Tawhiri and Ngati Maru.
Ngāti Kaipoho
Ngāti Kaipoho descend fro ...
iwi
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...
. He was born in New Zealand in about 1834.
References
1834 births
1921 deaths
Rongowhakaata people
Halbert-Kohere family
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