tai mitchell

Personal details

Full Name:

  • Henry Taiporutu Te Mapu-o-te-rangi Mitchell

Lifetime:

  • 5 May 18775 May 1944
Biography

Te Arawa leader Tai Mitchell carried out a wide range of social and economic activities as chairman of the Arawa Trust Board. He was a firm supporter of Āpirana Ngata's land development schemes, and helped persuade Te Arawa to participate in them.

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  • Photograph of Frederick Augustus Bennett, Peter Henry Buck, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Baucke, and Tai Mitchell  taken 20 December 1907 by Edith Preen, probably in Rotorua.