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): Björn Ulvaeus • Bruce Ponder • Howard R. Garis • James Ferguson (Scottish astronomer) • Jon Olsen • Martin Koolhoven • Melvin Burgess • Reinier Kreijermaat • Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery • Ron Clements • Tony Christie

Born in the same month (April 1910): Chiang Ching-kuo • Helenio Herrera • Helenio Herrera • Miguel Najdorf • Oronzo Pugliese • Simone Simon • Sven Andersson (politician) • Ted Hook