Background
He was born in Maungapohatu, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand in 1908.
He was born in Maungapohatu, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand in 1908.
Of Māori descent, he identified with the Tuhoe iwi. Participant of this doctrine was to release Tuhoe from the restrictions of custom and clear Tuhoe lands of all sacred places. This involved the wholesale exhumation of human remains and their return to Maungapohatu.