Family
On 19 October 2009, Apirana Ngata's last surviving daughter, Mate Huatahi Kaiwai (born Ngata), died at her residence at Ruatoria, East Cape, New Zealand, aged 94. She was interred next to her late husband Kaura-Ki-Te-Pakanga Kaiwai and her son Tanara Kaiwai at Pukearoha Urupa. Apirana Ngata's youngest son, Sir Henare Ngata (born 1918), died on 11 December 2011.
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