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Biography: Kawharu, Ian Hugh

Janet Paora and Hugh Kawharu, 1955

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A middle-aged woman and a young man seated side by side in semi-formal clothing.

Hugh Kawharu (right) with his mother, former physiotherapist Janet Paora, shortly before he travelled to Cambridge to commence his postgraduate studies.

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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/47819/janet-paora-and-hugh-kawharu-1955 (accessed 4 June 2026).