Hepi Te Heuheu Tūkino VII
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Sir Hepi Hoani Te Heuheu Tūkino VII was the seventh elected chief of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi, a Māori tribe of the central North Island, and an influential figure among Māori people throughout New Ze
Hepi Te Heuheu speaking in 1961
Waihi Village
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Waihi Village, also known as Little Waihi, is a small Māori community of around 25 households on the southwestern shores of Lake Taupō seven kilometres northwest of Tūrangi, New Zealand. It has been t
Hepi Te Heuheu Tūkino VII
…fiscal envelope") for the settlement of historic Treaty of Waitangi claims. Te Heuheu died at Taupō Hospital on 31 July 1997 aged 78 and was buried at Waihi. His eldest son Tumu succeeded him as paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Hepi married Pauline Hinepoto (Tuutu) Te Moanapapaku, of Ngāti Tūwharetoa…
Tāpeka meeting house at Waihi marae