Patu Hohepa
Sir Patrick Wahanga Hohepa 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.
Hohepa was born in 1936, and died at his home in Waimā on 22 September 2023, at the age of 87.