Kingi Matutaera Ihaka

Who is Kingi Matutaera Ihaka?

Sir Kingi Matutaera Ihaka, MBE, was a New Zealand clerk, interpreter, Anglican priest, broadcaster and maori language commissioner. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Te Aupouri iwi. He was born in Te Kao, Northland, New Zealand on 18 October 1921.

Ihaka was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to the Anglican Māori Church. In the 1989 New Year Honours, he was made a Knight Bachelor, for services to the Māori people.