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Biography: Kawharu, Ian Hugh

Boyhood

Hugh Kawharu, aged about 12, seated on a bicycle in the garden at his home.

Hugh Kawharu spent his childhood in Auckland, where he attended Cornwall Park School and Auckland Grammar School.

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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/47818/boyhood (accessed 4 June 2026).