Te Pairi Tūterangi

Te Pairi Tūterangi (?–1954) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader, tohunga, orator, carver and weaver. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Tuhoe iwi. He was born in Maungapohatu, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.[1] Some of his most well known carvings include the meeting houses at Te Maungaroa and Whakarae in the Waimana Valley, and at Ōmuriwaka.[1][2]

Tūterangi played Te Kooti in the 1927 film The Te Kooti Trail.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Temara, Pou. "Te Pairi Tuterangi". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  2. ^ Neich, Roger (2004). "Nineteenth to Mid-Twentieth Century Individual Maori Woodcarvers and Their Known Works". Records of the Auckland Museum. 41: 53–86. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 42905870. Wikidata Q58623341.
  3. ^ "The Te Kooti trail, 1927". teara.govt.nz. 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2023.


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