Story: Kawharu, Ian Hugh

Kawharu honoured

Kawharu honoured

Hugh Kawharu (right) received a knighthood for services to education and to the Māori people in the 1989 Queen’s Birthday honours. It was bestowed, appropriately, by Sir Paul Reeves, the first governor-general of Māori descent. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Dominion Post Collection. Dom/1989/1120/6-F
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How to cite this page:

Margaret Kawharu. 'Kawharu, Ian Hugh', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2023. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6k2/kawharu-ian-hugh (accessed 10 May 2024)