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Story: Kaumātua – Māori elders

Government kaumātua: Papa Leo

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Government kaumātua: Papa Leo

This is Hape Nuia Waikari, known as Papa Leo. As well as being a kaumātua for his people, he became a kaumātua for the Department of Corrections in the mid-1970s.

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Department of Corrections

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Rawinia Higgins and Paul Meredith, Kaumātua – Māori elders – Kaumātua in modern times, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28372/government-kaumatua-papa-leo (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Rawinia Higgins and Paul Meredith, published 11 April 2011.