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Arnold Reedy

Hānara Tangiāwhā Te Ōhakī "Arnold" Reedy was a New Zealand tribal leader, farmer and soldier. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Porou iwi.

Early life and family
He was born in Whareponga, East Coast, New Zealand, on 16 August 1903. He was the eldest son of Materoa Reedy, née Ngarimu, and John Marshall Reedy, himself the eldest son of Thomas Tyne Reedy, an Irishman, and Mihi Takawhenua Ngawiki Tuhou. Hekia Parata, a former member of Parliament, is his granddaughter. Reedy was educated at Napier Boys' High School and Gisborne Boys' High School. ==Adult life==
Adult life
Reedy was a captain in the Māori Battalion in World War II, serving alongside his cousin Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu, and returned to farming after the war. Reedy contested the Eastern Māori seat several times; in and (when he came second) for Social Credit Party and in , and the 1967 by-election for National Party. ==Honours and awards==
Honours and awards
In 1953, Reedy was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Māori people, in the 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours. ==References==
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