Biography: Kawharu, Ian Hugh

Tā Hugh Kawharu

A head and shoulders portrait taken in later life, with Hugh Kawharu in a suit jacket and a tie decorated with Māori designs. He’s seated in front of Tumutumuwhenua, the wharenui (meeting house), at Ōrākei.

Social anthropologist and rangatira Tā Hugh Kawharu.

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Margaret Kawharu. 'Kawharu, Ian Hugh', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2023. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47817/ta-hugh-kawharu (accessed 14 June 2026).