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Wiremu Te Āwhitu

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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.

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  • 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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