Patu Hohepa

Sir Patu Hohepa KNZM
Hohepa in 2015
Born	Patrick Wahanga Hohepa 1936 (1936)
Died	22 September 2023 (aged 87) Waimā, New Zealand
Academic background
Alma mater	Indiana University
Thesis	A profile-generative grammar of Maori (1965)
Academic work
Discipline	Māori language
Institutions	University of Auckland

Sir Patrick Wahanga Hohepa KNZM (1936 – 22 September 2023) was a New Zealand Māori language academic. In the 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours, he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori culture and education.[1]

Hohepa was born in 1936,[2] and died at his home in Waimā on 22 September 2023, at the age of 87.[3][4]

References

1. "The Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours List 2022". The New Zealand Herald. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
2. "Hohepa, Patrick Wahanga (Dr), 1936–". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
3. Wikaire-Lewis, Mana (22 September 2023). "Reo Māori scholar Sir Patu Wahanga Hohepa dies aged 87". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
4. "Renowned te reo Māori scholar Sir Patrick (Patu) Hohepa dies". Radio New Zealand. 22 September 2023.