Hepi Hoani Te Heuheu Tukino VII, 1919-1997 (Ngāti Tūwharetoa)

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Ka whaikōrero a Hepi, kātahi ia ka hakaina Ko te aea o ia rangi

He uri whakaheke a Te Heuheu nō Tūwharetoa. Nō te matenga o tōna pāpā i te tau 1944, i riro i a Te Heuheu te tūnga rangatira. Ka mutu, inā hoki te huhua o ngā wā kua whakakanohi ia i tōna anō iwi kia āhuru ai te tūāpapa ohaoha o Tūwharetoa.

Whakaahua: Hepi Te Heu Heu (foreground) leads members of Ngati Tuwharetoa in a haka at the welcome for the returning Maori Battalion after World War II. Ref: PAColl-7171-83. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22697030