Patu Hohepa
Sir Patu Hohepa | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Hohepa in 2015 | |
| Born | Patrick Wahanga Hohepa 1936 |
| Died | (aged 87) Waimā, New Zealand |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Indiana University |
| Thesis | A profile-generative grammar of Maori (1965) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Māori language |
| Institutions | University 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[edit]
- ^ "The Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours List 2022". The New Zealand Herald. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Hohepa, Patrick Wahanga (Dr), 1936–". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ Wikaire-Lewis, Mana (22 September 2023). "Reo Māori scholar Sir Patu Wahanga Hohepa dies aged 87". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "Renowned te reo Māori scholar Sir Patrick (Patu) Hohepa dies". Radio New Zealand. 22 September 2023.
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