. . . . . . . . . "1953"^^ . . . . . . "2011"^^ . . "1990"^^ . . . . . . . . "1953"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "1112250343"^^ . "1917-12-19"^^ . . "64696813"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Ngata in May 2011"@en . . . . . "M\u0101ori leader"@en . . . "Sir H\u0113nare K\u014Dhere Ngata KBE JP (19 December 1917 \u2013 11 December 2011) was a M\u0101ori leader and accountant. A prisoner of war in Germany after his capture in Greece, he returned to New Zealand to finish his university studies and became an accountant. He held directorships and chaired boards in the Gisborne Region. He was particularly knowledgeable about M\u0101ori land issues and became a forceful advocate and legal expert. His alma mater, Victoria University of Wellington, awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD) for his legal knowledge in 1979. Ngata was knighted in 1982 for services to the M\u0101ori people. He tried to follow his father, \u0100pirana Ngata, into politics but was unsuccessful when he stood in the 1969 general election."@en . . . . . . "13065"^^ . . . "Sir H\u0113nare Ngata"@en . . . . . . "H\u0113nare K\u014Dhere Ngata"@en . . . "Sir H\u0113nare K\u014Dhere Ngata KBE JP (19 December 1917 \u2013 11 December 2011) was a M\u0101ori leader and accountant. A prisoner of war in Germany after his capture in Greece, he returned to New Zealand to finish his university studies and became an accountant. He held directorships and chaired boards in the Gisborne Region. He was particularly knowledgeable about M\u0101ori land issues and became a forceful advocate and legal expert. His alma mater, Victoria University of Wellington, awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD) for his legal knowledge in 1979. Ngata was knighted in 1982 for services to the M\u0101ori people. He tried to follow his father, \u0100pirana Ngata, into politics but was unsuccessful when he stood in the 1969 general election."@en . "1917"^^ . . . "1917-12-19"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "2011-12-11"^^ . . "Sir H\u0113nare Ngata"@en . "H\u0113nare K\u014Dhere Ngata"@en . . "Gisborne, New Zealand"@en . . . . . . "Waiomatatini, New Zealand"@en . . "H\u0113nare Ngata"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Accountant"@en . "portrait photo of an ageing man"@en . . . . "New Zealand"@en . . . . "2011-12-11"^^ . . . . . . . . .