Tahu Potiki

Tahu Potiki (23 December 1966 – 27 August 2019) was a New Zealand Māori leader who served as chief executive of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu from 2002 to 2006.[1][2]

Potiki in April 2019

Potiki was born in Palmerston to Les and Rona Potiki, and grew up in Karitane,[3] becoming an authority on the history of his iwi, Ngāi Tahu.[2] He died in Auckland on 27 August 2019, aged 52, having been diagnosed with end-stage liver disease in 2014, and receiving a liver transplant in 2017.[3]

References

McPhee, Elena (27 August 2019). "Mayor pays tribute to Tahu Potiki". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
McNeilly, Hamish (28 August 2019). "Tahu Potiki remembered as 'quick witted, loving and a beautiful dad'". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
Block, George (29 August 2019). "Potiki death a 'serious loss'". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

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[1] McPhee, Elena (27 August 2019). "Mayor pays tribute to Tahu Potiki". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

[Stuff_2019-2] McNeilly, Hamish (28 August 2019). "Tahu Potiki remembered as 'quick witted, loving and a beautiful dad'". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

[Block-3] Block, George (29 August 2019). "Potiki death a 'serious loss'". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 30 August 2019.