Historical records matching Lt. Col. Arapeta Awatere, DSO, MC
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About Lt. Col. Arapeta Awatere, DSO, MC
Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiarangi Awatere DSO, MC (25 April 1910 – 6 March 1976) was a New Zealand interpreter, military leader, maori welfare officer, local politician, and convicted murderer. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Hine (Northland), Ngati Porou and Te Whanau-a-Hinetapora iwi. He was born in Tuparoa, 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.
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.
Biography:
- Hinemoa Ruataupare Awatere. 'Awatere, Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiarangi', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand,
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Arapeta Awatere DSO, MCWas a New Zealand interpreter, military leader, maori welfare officer, local politician, and convicted murderer. 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. Arapeta was born in 1910. He was the son of Petuere Wi Hekopa Awatere. He passed away in 1976.
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Lt. Col. Arapeta Awatere, DSO, MC's Timeline
| 1910 |
April 25, 1910
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Tuparoa, Gisborne District, New Zealand, Tuparoa, Gisborne, New Zealand
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| 1917 |
1917
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New Zealand
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1917
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New Zealand
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| 1931 |
November 7, 1931
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New Zealand
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| 1948 |
1948
Age 37
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Gisborne, New Zealand
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1949
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Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
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| 1976 |
March 6, 1976
Age 65
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Mt Eden Prison, Auckland, New Zealand
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March 1976
Age 65
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Tuparoa, Gisborne, New Zealand
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