title: Hikawera Te Kurapa
text: # Hikawera Te Kurapa
  
  Hikawera Te Kurapa (1907–1985) was a notable New Zealand tribal tohunga, horse-breaker, farmer and ringatu leader. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Tūhoe iwi. He was born in Ruatoki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand in 1907.
  
  