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Haurongo: Kawharu, Ian Hugh

He whakahōnore i a Kawharu

A profile photograph showing Reeves and Kawharu engaged in a hōngi (pressing noses together in greeting). Kawharu wears a kahukiwi (Māori cloak of kiwi feathers).

Ka whakawhiwhi a Hugh Kawharu (taha matau) i tētahi hōnore Tohu Tā mō āna ratonga mātauranga, mō te iwi Māori hoki i te tuku Hōnore a te Kuini i te tau 1989. Tika rawa atu, nā te kāwana Tianara Māori tuatahi a Tā Paora Reeves i uwhia te hōnore rā.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Dominion Post Collection. Dom/1989/1120/6-F

by Martin Hunter

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Margaret Kawharu. 'Kawharu, Ian Hugh', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2023. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/node/232057 (accessed 4 June 2026).