Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury

Ngati Kahungunu scholar, recorder, interpreter

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1841

Date of Death: 26-Sep-1923

Profession: interpreter

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Hoani Turi Te Whatahoro Jury (4 February 1841–26 September 1923) was a New Zealand Ngati Kahungunu scholar, recorder and interpreter.
Of Maori descent, he identified with the Ngati Kahungunu iwi.
He was born in Wairarapa, New Zealand on 4 February 1841.
His mother was Te Aitu-o-te-rangi Jury and his father John Milsome Jury, an Englishman.In 1892 he was elected chairman of Te Kotahitanga, the movement for an autonomous Maori parliament, at its first meeting at Waipatu.
At the second sitting of Te Kotahitanga in 1893 he was elected premier.
His premiership was mired by accusations of financial mismanagement made by his predecessor and successor, Hamiora Mangakahia.