Robert Pānapa Tūtaki MBE (c.1887 – 27 September 1957), also known as Tutaki Panapa Stewart and Robert Tutaki Panapa, was a New Zealand shearer and trade unionist.
Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi. He was born in Ruahapia, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, in about 1887.[1] He stood for the Labour Party in the 1928 election in the Eastern Maori electorate against Āpirana Ngata and came third, with 3.6% of the vote.[2]
In the 1949 King's Birthday Honours, Tutaki was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services in connection with the organisation of Māori shearers during World War II.[3]
References
edit- ^ Martin, John E. "Tūtaki, Robert Pānapa". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. p. 7. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "No. 38629". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 1949. p. 2380.
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