Biography: Ngata, Hēnare Kōhere

Apirana and Hēnare Ngata

Hēnare Ngata (right) graduated with a BA at Victoria University College in May 1948, alongside his father, Sir Apirana Ngata, who was bestowed with an honorary Doctorate of Literature on the same occasion.

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Monty Soutar. 'Ngata, Hēnare Kōhere', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47429/apirana-and-henare-ngata (accessed 23 June 2026).