Robert Panapa Tutaki

Robert Panapa Tutaki 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
  1. Martin, John E. "Robert Panapa Tutaki". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  2. Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. p. 7. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. "No. 38629". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 1949. p. 2380.


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