Pine Taiapa

Pineamine "Pine" Taiapa (19011972) was a notable New Zealand wood carver, farmer, rehabilitation officer, writer and genealogist. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Porou iwi. He was born in Tikitiki, East Coast, New Zealand in 1901. His younger brother Hone Taiapa was also a carver.[1]

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