Mr J. C. Henare

Te Ao Hou, September 1966, Page 53

Mr J. C. Henare Lt-Col James Clendon Henare, D.S.O., was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.). Descended from a distinguished family, Colonel Henare has European blood from the Clendon family, who were among the earliest settlers in the Bay of Islands. Another of his ancestors was the Ngapuhi chief Kawiti. Enlisting in the Maori Battalion early in World War II, he gained a commission and rose to command the Battalion and be awarded the D.S.O. His interests cover a wide field of political, economic and welfare work, and he is a member of 25 organisations, among them the Waitangi National Trust Board, the Board of Maori Affairs, the National Council of Maori Education and the Rehabilitation Board. Colonel Henare is president of the New Zealand Maori Battalion Association, and is a long standing member of the Kawakawa R.S.A. He is a member of the Kawakawa Church of England Parochial Vestry, and has been closely associated with tribal committees for many years.