Kāwana Pitiroi Paipai (? – 11 June 1884) was a New Zealand
tohunga
In the culture of the Māori people, Māori of New Zealand, a tohunga (tōhuka in Southern Māori dialect) is an expert practitioner of any skill or art, either religious or otherwise. Tohunga include expert priests, healers, navigators, carvers, ...
, military leader and assessor. 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 Co ...
descent, he identified with the
Ngāti Ruaka
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English.
...
and
Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi iwi
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English.
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References
1884 deaths
Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi people
Signatories of the Treaty of Waitangi
Tohunga
19th-century New Zealand military personnel
Year of birth unknown
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