Purakau Maika (1851 or 1852 – 4 August 1917) was a New Zealand newspaper editor and publisher. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne iwi. He was born in New Zealand in about 1852, and died at Hurunuiorangi Pā, Gladstone, on 4 August 1917.
References
- Ballara, Angela. "Purakau Maika". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- "Personal items". Wairarapa Daily News. 7 August 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
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