Biography: Awatere, Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi

Arapeta Awatere (left) and George Nēpia

In August 1959 Arapeta Awatere was photographed with George Nēpia at a rugby function.

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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/59/arapeta-awatere-left-and-george-nepia (accessed 4 June 2026).