Retired professor of Māori language and renowned Māori scholar Sir Patrick (Patu) Hohepa (Te Mahurehure, Ngāpuhi, Te Ātiawa) has died at his home in Waimā, Hokianga aged 87. Sir Patu is remembered as one of Māoridom's foremost linguists whose leadership and advocacy for Māori cultural recognition and development raised the profile of Māori culture in Aotearoa New Zealand. He was awarded the Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori culture and education in 2022, recognising him as a renowned teacher and scholar of te reo Māori and other Pacific languages and as a leader in the 'Māori renaissance'.

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