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Sir James Clendon Tau Hēnare, KBE, DSO (18 November 1911 – 2 April 1989) was a New Zealand tribal leader, military officer, farmer and community leader. He fought for four years with the Māori Battalion during the Second World War, was wounded at El Alamein, and with the rank of lieutenant colonel was the battalion's commanding officer when the war ended.^[1] He stood for Parliament for the National Party in the Northern Maori electorate on several occasions: 1946, 1949, 1951, 1963, and the 1963 by-election.^[2][3][4]

Biography

Of Māori descent, Hēnare identified with the Ngāpuhiiwi.

James Hēnare - Wikipedia

He was born in Motatau, Northland, the son of Taurekareka Hēnare and Hera Paerata.^[2] He was educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland and at Massey Agricultural College.

Hēnare enrolled as a private in the Māori Battalion in 1940, training at Trenthham Military Camp. He served in the North African and Italian campaigns fro Recordings about Whina Cooper | Items | National Library of ...

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