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Biography: Awatere, Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi

Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi Awatere, 1945

Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi Awatere, 1945

This photograph of Lieutenant Colonel Arapeta Awatere was taken in Italy, on 9 May 1945.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, War History Collection (PAColl-4161)

Reference: DA-08379

Photograph by George Kaye

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Hinemoa Ruataupare Awatere. 'Awatere, Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/58/arapeta-marukitepua-pitapitanuiarangi-awatere-1945 (accessed 4 June 2026).