Surname
Ngata
Forename(s)
George
Date of death
15 Feb 1989
Place of death
Ruatoria
World War 2
Serial No
802094
Rank
Lieutenant
Address on enlistment
Ruatoria, New Zealand
Notes
Better known as Hōri Mahue Ngata, he was the grandson of Sir Apirana Ngata and was later the main compiler of the H.M. Ngata English–Maori Dictionary, first published in 1993, four years after his death. His wife, Mihihara, whom he married in March 1940, was the younger sister of Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu. Read a biography of Hōri (George) Mahue Ngata, in English and te reo Māori, on the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography = Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau website.
Death date from DNZB.
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