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Manuhuia "Manu" Augustus Bennett (10 February 1916 – 20 December 2001) was a New Zealand

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Bishop in the second half of the 20th century. He was born in

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on 10 February 1916 into an ecclesiastical family: his father

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was the inaugural

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. He identified with the Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao and

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iwi. Educated at the

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and

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in 1940, he was a

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in the

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before becoming a

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to the New Zealand Forces. When peace returned he was a

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at Rangitīkei. Later he was

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of St Faith's Rotorua before being appointed Suffragan Bishop of Aotearoa in 1951. He was

from 1968 to 1981 and a member of the Waitangi Tribunal from 1986 to 1997. He died on 20 December 2001.

Honours and awards

In 1977, Bennett was awarded the

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. In the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a

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. On 6 February 1989, Bennett was the eleventh appointee to the

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'' 417 at 418. The following year, he was awarded the

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Notes

1916 births 2001 deaths 20th-century Anglican bishops in New Zealand People from Rotorua University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni Anglican bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand military chaplains World War II chaplains New Zealand Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Members of the Order of New Zealand Members of the Waitangi Tribunal {{Anglican-bishop-stub