Story: Ngata, Apirana Turupa

Apirana Turupa Ngata taking the lead in a haka on Waitangi Day 1940

Apirana Turupa Ngata taking the lead in a haka on Waitangi Day 1940

Apirana Turupa Ngata helped organise the celebrations for the centennial of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1940, and the construction and opening of a carved house at Waitangi, which can be seen in the background of this photograph.

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M. P. K. Sorrenson. 'Ngata, Apirana Turupa', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3n5/ngata-apirana-turupa (accessed 10 December 2023)