MR MIRO AMOHAU A leading chief of the Ngati Whakaue sub-tribe of the Arawa confederation, Mr Wirihama Henare Meta Te Amohau, has died at the age of 65. Better known as Miro Amohau he had welcomed several distinguished overseas visitors to Ohinemutu, including Field Marshal Montgomery and Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt. Born at Ohinemutu in 1892, for many years he was employed by the Rotorua Borough Council as village custodian. Mr Amohau was a member of the original Rotorua Maori Choir which made several well-known recordings. He toured England with a Maori concert party not long before World War I. At the time of his death, Mr Amohau was chairman of the Koutu tribal committee.
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Te Ao Hou, May 1957, Page 3
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