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Biography: 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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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-029794; F

Photograph by B. Snowdon

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

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/photograph/796/apirana-turupa-ngata-taking-the-lead-in-a-haka-on-waitangi-day-1940 (accessed 4 June 2026).