Hēmi Pōtatau
Hemi Potatau (20 May 1904 – 18 January 1994) was a New Zealand Presbyterian minister, soldier, writer. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Rakaipaaka iwi. He was born in Nuhaka, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand in 1904. He also wrote the Scots College Haka in 1959.[1]
References
- ^ Takao, Angela Ballara and Tame H. "Hemi Potatau". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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