Sir Patu Hohepa

KNZM
Hohepa in 2015
Born
Patrick Wahanga Hohepa

1936 (1936)
Died (aged 87)
Waimā, New Zealand
Academic background
Alma materIndiana University
ThesisA profile-generative grammar of Maori (1965)
Academic work
DisciplineMāori language
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland

Sir Patrick Wahanga Hohepa KNZM (1936 – 22 September 2023) was a New Zealand Māori language academic. In the 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours, he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori culture and education.[1]

Hohepa was born in 1936,[2] and died at his home in Waimā on 22 September 2023, at the age of 87.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "The Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours List 2022". The New Zealand Herald. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Hohepa, Patrick Wahanga (Dr), 1936–". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  3. ^ Wikaire-Lewis, Mana (22 September 2023). "Reo Māori scholar Sir Patu Wahanga Hohepa dies aged 87". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Renowned te reo Māori scholar Sir Patrick (Patu) Hohepa dies". Radio New Zealand. 22 September 2023.


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