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Ngati Porou; wood carver, farmer, rehabilitation officer, writer, genealogist
Pineamine Taiapa
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Ngati Porou; wood carver, farmer, rehabilitation officer, writer, genealogist
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Male
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Birth:
6 June 1901(Tikitiki, New Zealand)
Death:
9 February 1972(Tikitiki, New Zealand)
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Education:
Te Aute College
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The details
Biography
Pineamine "Pine" Taiapa (1901–1972) was a notable New Zealand wood carver, farmer, rehabilitation officer, writer and genealogist. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Porou iwi. He was born in Tikitiki, East Coast, New Zealand in 1901. His younger brother Hone Taiapa was also a carver.