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Reweti Tuhorouta Kohere
Rēweti Tūhorouta Kōhere (11 April 1871 – 9 August 1954) was a New Zealand Anglican clergyman, newspaper journalist and editor, farmer, writer, historian. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Porou iwi. He was born in Orutua, East Coast, New Zealand on 11 April 1871. His parents were Hone Hiki Kohere and Henerata Bristow (sometimes noted as "Pereto"), and his grandfather was Mokena Kohere. His brothers were Henare Mokena Kohere and the Reverend Canon Poihipi Mokena Kōhere
judge of the Māori Land Court, Sir Eddie Durie. He married Arohia Kohere, granddaughter of Reweti Tuhorouta Kohere. One of his daughters, Awerangi, is married to politician and radio personality, John Tamihere, while his eldest son, Meihana is currently working on producing a movie about Reweti Kohere's brother, Henare Mokena Kohere. His wife and their children are also descendants of Gisborne founding father, Thomas Halbert and his fifth wife, Kaikiri.
Education.
Durie graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of