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Ngati Kahungunu; Anglican priest, military chaplain

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Wiremu Te Tau Huata, (23 September 1917 – 20 December 1991), was a New Zealand Anglican priest and military chaplain.
Of Maori descent, he identified with the Ngati Kahungunu iwi.
He was born in Mohaka, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand on 23 September 1917.He was chaplain to the 28th New Zealand (Maori) Battalion, which was part of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) during World War II.
He was awarded the Military Cross for his service in Italy.He was the third generation of his family who was an Anglican minister in the Diocese of Waiapu.
His father was the Rev.
Hemi Pititi Huata, who was ordained as a priest in 1898 and appointed as the vicar at Frasertown, near Wairoa.
His grandfather, Tamihana Huata, joined the Church Missionary Society (CMS) and on 25 September 1864 he was ordained as a priest and was appointed as the vicar at Frasertown.

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