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Arapeta

1. (loan) (personal name) Albert.

He mea atu tēnei ki ō mātou hoa, me ngā kaituhituhi mai, me waiho katoa ngā pukapuka e tukua mai ana mō te 'Karere Maori' ki te whare o Te Reweti, kaiwhakamāori; i te huarahi Arapeta, i Ākarana (TKM 3/1/1850:1). / Our friends and correspondents are respectfully requested to transmit all communications sent to the 'Māori Messenger', to the residence of Mr Davis, interpreter, Albert Street, Auckland.

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Awatere, Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi

1. (personal name) (1910-1976) Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hine; interpreter, military leader in the Second World War, commanding the Māori Battalion from 1943.

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