Wiremu Te Awhitu

Wiremu Hakopa Toa Te Awhitu (28 July 1914 – 29 July 1994) was the first Māori to be ordained a Roman Catholic priest. He was born at Okahukura, near Taumarunui in the central North Island, and was of Ngāti Hauaroa (Ngāti Hauā) and Ngāti Maniapoto descent.

Sources

Mariu, Max T. "Te Awhitu, Wiremu Hakopa Toa 1914 - 1994". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
John Newton, The Double Rainbow: James K. Baxter, Ngāti Hau and the Jerusalem Commune, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2009.

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