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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name
1916/12889
Riwaka Anaha John Hopere Wharewiti Uru Order Product
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Riwaka Anaha John Hopere Wharewiti Uru
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1921/7130
Uru John Hopere Wharewiti 186853YOrder Product
1921/7130
Uru John Hopere Wharewiti 1868 53Y
Gisborne Photo News (1954-1975, 1993–1996)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Nelson Photo News (1960-1972)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Tributes Online (obituaries)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Whanganui Council Property RollsUru, John Hopere Wharewiti        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Otago Nominal Index        🔍 ASH

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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
Shadows of TimeJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
Transcriptions NZJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Tuahiwi.Cemetery
March 1870, age 9yrs. - photo 432 URU - John Hopere Wharewiti M.P. 1870 - 1921 & - photo 433 URU - Henare Whakatau 1872 - 1929 & URU - Hoani & Kataraina URU - John d. 8 Nov. 1982
https://www.transcriptions.nz/Gravestone.Photos/Tuahiwi.Cemetery.html
 
Alexander Turnbull LibraryUru, John Hopere Wharewiti        🔍 ASH

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Group including John Hopere Wharewiti Uru 1/1-014981-G. Group including John Hopere Wharewiti Uru. 1916?. S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives (PA-Group-00572). [Item]
Group including John Hopere Wharewiti Uru 1/1-014981-G. Group including John Hopere Wharewiti Uru. 1916?. S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives (PA-Group-00572). [Item]
DigitalNZJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Group including John Hopere Wharewiti Uru Group including John Hopere Wharewiti Uru (middle row, fourth from left) taken (1916?) by S P Andrew Ltd. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Not specified TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
Nathan Pōhio art installation The art installation, Raise the anchor, unfurl the sails, set course to the centre of an ever setting sun! by Nathan Pōhio in the Park of Remembrance on Cambridge Terrace. Further west is the statue of Henry James Nicholas. Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries
Art display by Nathan Pōhio The art installation, Raise the anchor, unfurl the sails, set course to the centre of an ever setting sun! by Nathan Pōhio in the Park of Remembrance on Cambridge Terrace. Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries
Display by Nathan Pōhio in Park of Remembrance The art installation, Raise the anchor, unfurl the sails, set course to the centre of an ever setting sun! by Nathan Pōhio in the Park of Remembrance on Cambridge Terrace. To the west is the Henry James Nicholas statue Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries
Group including John Hopere Wharewiti Uru Group including John Hopere Wharewiti Uru (middle row, fourth from left) taken (1916?) by S P Andrew Ltd. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Not specified TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
Nathan Pōhio art installation The art installation, Raise the anchor, unfurl the sails, set course to the centre of an ever setting sun! by Nathan Pōhio in the Park of Remembrance on Cambridge Terrace. Further west is the statue of Henry James Nicholas. Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries
Art display by Nathan Pōhio The art installation, Raise the anchor, unfurl the sails, set course to the centre of an ever setting sun! by Nathan Pōhio in the Park of Remembrance on Cambridge Terrace. Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries
Display by Nathan Pōhio in Park of Remembrance The art installation, Raise the anchor, unfurl the sails, set course to the centre of an ever setting sun! by Nathan Pōhio in the Park of Remembrance on Cambridge Terrace. To the west is the Henry James Nicholas statue Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries
Legacy.com NZ ObituariesJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
Auckland Museum Online CenotaphJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New ZealandJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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John Hopere Wharewiti Uru Standish and Preece
New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga
Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Uru, Henare Whakatau and Uru, John Hopere Wharewiti New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
John Hopere Wharewiti Uru Standish and Preece
New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga
Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Uru, Henare Whakatau and Uru, John Hopere Wharewiti New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Find A Grave (NZ cemeteries)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
Upper Hutt City Libraries Heritage CollectionsJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
NZ Electronic Text CentreJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
Archives NZJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Wellington High Court  >  Wellington divorce files

Name Year(s) Held At Access
Uru, Rahera Muriwai v Uru, John Hopere Wharewiti 1914 ‑ 1915 Wellington Open
Uru, Rahera Muriwai v Uru, John Hopere Wharewiti 1914 ‑ 1915 Wellington Open
Tinui HistoryJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Anglican HistoryJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
Tasman HeritageJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
West Coast NZ HistoryJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Archives Central (ManawatÅ«-Whanganui)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Canterbury Museum Collections - PeopleJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Lower Hutt MyRecollectJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Source: A Dictionary of NZ Biography, by Scholefield (1940), from NZ History / CC BY-NC 3.0 NZ

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John Hopere Wharewiti Uru

URU, JOHN HOPERE WHAREWITI (1868-1921) was born at Tuahiwi, Kaiapoi, and educated at Tuahiwi school and Te Aute College. Uru represented Canterbury at football and cricket, and was a captain in the North Canterbury Mounted Rifles, and a member of the Maori contingent at Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897. In 1901 he was an official delegate to the Australian Commonwealth celebrations. For some years Uru engaged in farming near Kaiapoi, and he was chairman of the Tuahiwi school committee. In 1910 he went into business in Wellington as a native land agent. On the death of Parata (q.v.) in 1918, Uru was elected member of the House of Representatives for the Southern Maori, and he sat till his death on 29 Nov 1921.

N.Z.P.D., 7 Dec 1921; Who's Who N.Z., 1908; N.Z. Times, 30 Nov 1921. Portrait: Parliament House.

Volume 2, page 210
John Hopere Wharewiti Uru

URU, JOHN HOPERE WHAREWITI (1868-1921) was born at Tuahiwi, Kaiapoi, and educated at Tuahiwi school and Te Aute College. Uru represented Canterbury at football and cricket, and was a captain in the North Canterbury Mounted Rifles, and a member of the Maori contingent at Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897. In 1901 he was an official delegate to the Australian Commonwealth celebrations. For some years Uru engaged in farming near Kaiapoi, and he was chairman of the Tuahiwi school committee. In 1910 he went into business in Wellington as a native land agent. On the death of Parata (q.v.) in 1918, Uru was elected member of the House of Representatives for the Southern Maori, and he sat till his death on 29 Nov 1921.

N.Z.P.D., 7 Dec 1921; Who's Who N.Z., 1908; N.Z. Times, 30 Nov 1921. Portrait: Parliament House.

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NZ War GravesJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
Wellington City Council ArchivesJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH
BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Name Born Died Cemetery Region
John Hopere Wharewiti Uru M.P. 26 Mar 1868 🔍 29 Nov 1921 🔍 📰 Tuahiwi Maori Cemetery (Te Uru Ti) Canterbury
John Hopere Wharewiti Uru M.P. 26 Mar 1868 🔍 29 Nov 1921 🔍 📰 Tuahiwi Maori Cemetery (Te Uru Ti) Canterbury
NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Puke Ariki Collections - PeopleJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Hocken Digital CollectionsJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Wikidata People (New Zealanders)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Hopere Uru New Zealand politician, rugby union footballer and cricketer (1868-1921)
Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersJohn Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)John Hopere Wharewiti Uru        🔍 ASH

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