Sir Patrick Wahanga Hohepa (1936 â 22 September 2023) was a New Zealand MÃÂori language academic. In the 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours, he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to MÃÂori culture and education.
Hohepa was born in 1936, and died at his home in WaimÃÂ on 22 September 2023, at the age of 87.