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Ngata compiled an English–Māori dictionary, although he died before it was ready for publication. His son Whai Ngata , a broadcaster, completed the work, with the assistance of others, [ 2 ] and it was published as English–Maori Dictionary by Learning Media Ltd in 1993.
Ngata's youngest son, Sir Hēnare Ngata, died on 11 December 2011 aged 93. He was Māori vice-president of the National Party from 1967 to 1969 and stood as the National Party candidate for Eastern Māori in 1969. [25] [26] Ngata's grandson Hōri Mahue Ngata wrote a widely used Māori-English dictionary. [27] [28] [29]
He helped to write the English–Māori dictionary credited to his father Hōri Mahue Ngata, the grandson of Sir Āpirana Ngata. [1] [2] In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours, Ngata was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori broadcasting and television. [3] Ngata died in Auckland overnight on 2/3 April 2016.
Āpirana Ngata (left) and Te Rangihīroa during the Fourth Dominion Museum ethnological expedition to Waiomatatini in 1923. The 1919–1923 Dominion Museum ethnological expeditions were a series of ethnological research expeditions encouraged and led by Āpirana Ngata and Te Rangihīroa, and undertaken between 1919 and 1923 with Elsdon Best, James McDonald and Johannes Andersen, to study ...
Ngata's youngest son, Sir Hēnare Ngata, died on 11 December 2011 aged 93. He was Māori vice-president of the New Zealand National Party from 1967 to 1969 and stood as the National Party candidate for Eastern Maori in 1969. [10] Ngata's grandson Hōri Mahue Ngata wrote a widely used Māori-English dictionary. [11] [12] [13]
Ngata helped overcome the issues related with that. A forceful speaker, he was able to interpret and explain impact of legislation on Māori land ownership. Legislation that cause Ngata to speak out include the Māori Trustee Act 1953, the Public Works Act 1981, the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967, and the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 .
Hōri Ngata (1919–1989), New Zealand lexicographer, grandson of Āpirana and Arihia; Joseph Ngata (born 2001), American football player; Paratene Ngata (c. 1849–1924), New Zealand tribal leader, farmer, and soldier; Whai Ngata (c. 1942–2016), New Zealand broadcaster, journalist, and lexicographer, son of Hōri; As a given name, Ngata may ...
Paratene Ngata (1849? – 15 December 1924) was a New Zealand Ngāti Porou leader, storekeeper, soldier, farmer and Native Land Court assessor. He was born near Waiomatatini in the Waiapu Valley, possibly in September 1849. His father was Wiremu Karaka Te Ito and his mother was Hera Te Ihi, known also as Ruataupare.