Arapeta Awatere

Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiarangi Awatere was a New Zealand interpreter, military leader, maori welfare officer, and local politician. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Hine and Ngāti Porou iwi (tribe). He served in the Māori Battalion, including a period as its commander, during the Second World War. He is the father of the former member of parliament Donna Awatere Huata.

25 April 1910

Born on the same birth day (25 April): Alejandro Valverde • Astrid Varnay • Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel • Edward II of England • Ernest Webb • Fish (singer) • Georg Major • Joyce Ricketts • Karel Appel • Lorne Currie • Mort Weisinger • Omar McLeod • Robert Skidelsky • Tony Christie

Born in the same month (April 1910): António de Spínola • Barys Kit • Bob Van Osdel • Chiang Ching-kuo • Chico Xavier • Evangelos Averoff • Fatin Rüştü Zorlu • Helenio Herrera • Helenio Herrera • Ivan Goff • Margaret Clapp • Norman Steenrod • Oronzo Pugliese • Paul Sweezy • Simone Simon • Sven Andersson (politician) • Ted Hook