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Hōri Mahue Ngata (8 August 1919 – 15 February 1989) was a New Zealand Ngāti Porou farmer, railway worker, workers’ camp supervisor, accountant, lexicographer. His parents were Mākarini Tānara Ngata, a farmer, who was the eldest son of Sir Āpirana Ngata , and Maraea Mereana Baker.
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His parents were the politician Āpirana Ngata (1874–1950) and the community leader Arihia Ngata (née Tamati, 1879–1929). [2] Ngata was their youngest son and of his 14 siblings, 10 survived to adulthood. [3] The lexicographer Hōri Ngata (1919–1989), his nephew, was his eldest brother Mac's son. [4] Whai Ngata was Hōri Ngata's son. [5]
Ngata was born in Te Araroa (then called Kawakawa), a small coastal town about 175 km (109 mi) north of Gisborne, New Zealand. [3] His iwi was Ngāti Porou.His father was Paratene Ngata, a tribal leader and expert in traditional lore, and his mother was Katerina Naki, the daughter of an itinerant Scot, Abel Enoch. [1]
Arihia Kane Ngata, Lady Ngata, MBE (née Tāmati; 1879 – 18 April 1929) was a New Zealand community leader. Born at Whareponga , she married Āpirana Ngata at age sixteen, and together they had fifteen children.
Porter was a pall bearer. A year after his death, the Government erected a memorial at Puputa in recognition of Ropata's services to the Crown. His grand-nephew, Sir Āpirana Ngata, is buried nearby. [1] [57] Since the 1860s, Ropata has been described as a Kūpapa, for example by historians James Belich and Michael King. This is generally ...
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 refer to: Ngata Prosser Pitcaithly (1906–1991), New Zealand principal and educator
Ngata in 2007. Tanara Whairiri Kitawhiti "Whai" Ngata ONZM (c. 1942 – 3 April 2016) was a Māori broadcaster, journalist, and lexicographer. Ngata worked for Radio New Zealand from 1975 to 1983, before moving to Television New Zealand. He led the Māori department at TVNZ until his retirement in 2008.