Te Ati Awa leader, butcher, roading contractor, labourer. Awarded OBE in 1960. About 1907 he married Amiria Ake Ake (d 1916); and in 1930 he married Vera May Yeates. Father of Ihakara Porutu Puketapu, 1934-. See DNZB (Vol 5, 1941-1960, p423-424, P39)
Puketapu, Ihaia Porutu, 1887-1971
He powhiri; Arohanui Ki Te Tangata. Te taima tepara. [1960?]
Date: 1960
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Maori. 1960s].
Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1960-01
Description: A timetable, 9-11 September, and welcome to the meeting house, Arohanui-Ki-Te-Tangata at Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt. There is a message from Ihaia Porutu Puketapu the community leader. The front cover shows a photograph of the meeting house. The meeting house Arohanui Ki Te Tangata was opened in September 1960. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on sheet 208 x 335 mm, folded to 208 x 167 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2005.
Tangi of Tohuroa Wi Parata at Whakarongotai Marae, Waikanae
Date: 1920 - 1930
From: Kiwha, Hauangi :Photographs of the Kiwha family
Reference: 1/2-135662-F
Description: Mourners in front of Whakarongotai Marae, Waikanae, at the tangi of Tohuroa Wi Parata. The man standing at the doorway maybe Ihaia Puketapu from Te Ati Awa ki Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt; the woman seated at the far right is Haua Tuhera Baker (Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa, Te Ati Awa), a first cousin of the deceased and graddaughter of Wi Parata e kakakura. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer ca 1955. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Maori at Waiwhetu Marae, Lower Hutt, before the opening of the meeting house
Date: September 1960
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0014-F
Description: Maori at the Waiwhetu Marae, Lower Hutt, before the opening of the meeting house, photographed in 1960 by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.
Ihaia Puketapu and his daughters at Waiwhetu Marae, Lower Hutt, before the opening of t...
Date: September 1960
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0009-F
Description: Ihaia Puketapu and his daughters painting the pare of the meeting house at Waiwhetu Marae, Lower Hutt, before its opening, photographed in 1960 by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.
T W Parata, Percy Dowse, Ihaia Puketapu and Mrs Puketapu at Waiwhetu marae, Lower Hutt
Date: [ca 1950s]
Reference: 1/2-135559-F
Description: A group of people at the marae in Waiwhetu, including T W Parata, Percy Dowse, Mrs Puketapu and Ihaia Puketapu. Percy Dowse has knocked in a foundation peg. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Portrait of Mr I P Puketapu OBE within an unknown building location, probably Wellingto...
Date: 11 Jun 1960
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1960/2140-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm