Ngata, Apirana Turupa
1. (personal name) (1874-1950) Ngāti Porou; national leader, land reformer, politician and scholar. Educated at Waiomatatini Native School, Te Aute College and Canterbury College, Ngata graduated with a BA, an MA and LLB. First Māori to complete a degree at a New Zealand university. Knighted in 1927.
(Te Kākano Study Guide (Ed. 1): 38; Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 20;)