Hone Heke Rankin OBE (13 January 1896 – 16 April 1964), also known as John Rankin, was a New Zealand tribal leader, medical worker and farmer. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngā Puhi iwi. He was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, in 1896 to Matire Ngapua of Ngā Puhi, and her husband, John Claudian (Claudius) Rankin, a Scottish immigrant. Matire Ngapua's brother was Hone Heke Ngapua, a Member of Parliament.
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13 January 1896 Gisborne, East Coast, New Zealand
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Died |
16 April 1964 (aged 68)
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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