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Wēpiha Apanui
Wēpiha Apanui
Born	New Zealand
Known for	carving

Wēpiha Apanui (died 1880) was a Māori tribal leader and carver of New Zealand. He identified with the Ngāti Awa iwi of the eastern Bay of Plenty. He was trained as a carver by his father, Apanui Te Hāmaiwaho.^[1] His best known carvings include the Mataatua Wharenui in Whakatāne (1875), the Hotunui whare rūnanga in 1878 (now on display in the Auckland War Memorial Museum).^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Mead, Hirini. "Wepiha Apanui". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
^ Neich, Roger (2004). "Nineteenth to Mid-Twentieth Century Individual Maori Woodcarvers and Their Known Works". Papahou: Records of the Auckland Museum. 41: 53–86. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 42905870. Wikidata Q58623341.

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[DNZB_Apanui-1] Mead, Hirini. "Wepiha Apanui". 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". Papahou: Records of the Auckland Museum. 41: 53–86. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 42905870. Wikidata Q58623341.

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