Tumu Te Heuheu

Te Heuheu in 2012

Sir Tumu Te Heuheu Tukino VIII KNZM is a New Zealand Māori tribal leader. He is the eighth paramount chief of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi in the central North Island, and an influential figure among Māori people throughout New Zealand.

Biography

Te Heuheu is the Chair of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust's Maori Heritage Council,[1] a patron of the Tukia Group Board,[2] has been the Chair of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee,[3] has been the Chairman of the Tüwharetoa Trust Board and Chairman of the Lake Taupo and Lake Rotoaira Forest Trusts, and is a patron of the University of Auckland's Polynesian Society.

Te Heuheu attended St. Patrick's College, Silverstream.

Personal life

He is the son of Sir Hepi Te Heuheu Tukino VII, a recipient of the KBE.

Honours

In the 2005 New Year Honours, Te Heuheu was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to conservation.[4] Following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government in 2009, he accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.[5]

References

  1. ↑ New Zealand Historic Places Trust website
  2. ↑ Tukia Group website
  3. ↑ UNESCO website
  4. ↑ "New Year honours list 2005". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Special honours list". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2018.


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