Arapeta Awatere

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Arapeta Awatere
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Born(1910-04-25)25 April 1910
Tuparoa, Gisborne District
Died6 March 1976(1976-03-06) (aged 65)
Allegiance New Zealand
Service/branchNew Zealand Military Forces
Years of service1928–c.1945
RankLieutenant Colonel
Commands heldMāori Battalion (1944–45)
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsDistinguished Service Order
Military Cross

Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiarangi Awatere DSO, MC (25 April 1910 – 6 March 1976) was a New Zealand interpreter, military leader, maori welfare officer, and local politician. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Hine (Northland), Ngati Porou and iwi. He was born in , East Coast, on 25 April 1910. He served as a colonel in the Māori battalion during the Second World War and is father to the former MP Donna Awatere Huata.[1]

In 1969 he stabbed to death his girlfriend's new lover, which he unsuccessfully tried to blame on diabetes induced psychosis, and was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison, where he died unexpectedly seven years later.[1]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Awatere, Hinemoa Ruataupare. "Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiarangi Awatere". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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