Hōri Mahue Ngata (8 August 1919 – 15 February 1989) was a New Zealand

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farmer, railway worker, workers’ camp supervisor, accountant, lexicographer. His parents were Mākarini Tānara Ngata, a farmer, who was the eldest son of

Sir Āpirana Ngata ''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 "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

, and Maraea Mereana Baker. He served in the 28th New Zealand (Maori) Battalion. Ngata compiled an English–

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dictionary, although he died before it was ready for publication. His son

Whai Ngata Tanara Whairiri Kitawhiti "Whai" Ngata (c. 1942 – 3 April 2016) was a Māori broadcaster, journalist, and lexicographer. Ngata worked for Radio New Zealand from 1975 to 1983, before moving to Television New Zealand. He led the Māori de ...

, a broadcaster, completed the work, with the assistance of others, and it was published as ''English–Maori Dictionary'' by Learning Media Ltd in 1993. It was later published on the web at www.learningmedia.co.nz/ngata/ as the ''Ngata Dictionary''.

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