Archdeacon Hone Kaa (9 April 1941 – 29 March 2012) was an Auckland-based Anglican church leader, child welfare advocate [1] [2] [3] [4] and social-justice campaigner. He was a Māori of Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu descent. [1]
Born to Rev. Tipi (whenua) and Hohipine Kaa (née Whaanga) at Rangitukia on the East Cape, where Tipi was Vicar of Waiapu, [5] Kaa grew up in Rangitukia and Bombay where he attended St. Stephen's School. One sister, Keri Kaa, rose to become chair of the UNESCO New Zealand Culture Commission [6] and won a 2011 AMP award to publish te reo Māori audio books; a second sister was the writer and poet Arapera Hineira Kaa Blank. [7] His brother was a well-respected New Zealand actor Wi Kuki Kaa. Hone trained as a priest at St John's Theological College in Auckland from 1963 to 1965, then got a BA in Maori studies and a MA (Hons) in Education at the University of Auckland. Kaa then left for a DMin at Episcopal Divinity School, then in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. [8]
After working in parishes in Taupō and Porangahau, Kaa returned to Auckland to the Auckland Anglican Maori Mission, where he was minister from 1977 to 1983, [8] and to St John's College. He rose to become Archdeacon of Tāmaki Makaurau. [9]
Kaa was involved with the World Council of Churches and the Christian Conference of Asia and a figurehead in the New Zealand support for the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. He was White Ribbon Ambassador for the anti-domestic violence White Ribbon Campaign. [10] He was considered to be a "gay community friend". [11]
Kaa served on a number of official boards including the Māori Reference Group for Whānau Ora. [12] He presented programmes on both Māori radio and Māori television. [3]
Kaa died in Auckland after a short battle with lung cancer. [13]
The White Ribbon Campaign
Archdeacon Hone Kaa (9 April 1941 – 29 March 2012) was an Auckland-based Anglican church leader, child welfare advocate [1] [2] [3] [4] and social-justice campaigner. He was a Māori of Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu descent. [1]
Born to Rev. Tipi (whenua) and Hohipine Kaa (née Whaanga) at Rangitukia on the East Cape, where Tipi was Vicar of Waiapu, [5] Kaa grew up in Rangitukia and Bombay where he attended St. Stephen's School. One sister, Keri Kaa, rose to become chair of the UNESCO New Zealand Culture Commission [6] and won a 2011 AMP award to publish te reo Māori audio books; a second sister was the writer and poet Arapera Hineira Kaa Blank. [7] His brother was a well-respected New Zealand actor Wi Kuki Kaa. Hone trained as a priest at St John's Theological College in Auckland from 1963 to 1965, then got a BA in Maori studies and a MA (Hons) in Education at the University of Auckland. Kaa then left for a DMin at Episcopal Divinity School, then in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. [8]
After working in parishes in Taupō and Porangahau, Kaa returned to Auckland to the Auckland Anglican Maori Mission, where he was minister from 1977 to 1983, [8] and to St John's College. He rose to become Archdeacon of Tāmaki Makaurau. [9]
Kaa was involved with the World Council of Churches and the Christian Conference of Asia and a figurehead in the New Zealand support for the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. He was White Ribbon Ambassador for the anti-domestic violence White Ribbon Campaign. [10] He was considered to be a "gay community friend". [11]
Kaa served on a number of official boards including the Māori Reference Group for Whānau Ora. [12] He presented programmes on both Māori radio and Māori television. [3]
Kaa died in Auckland after a short battle with lung cancer. [13]
The White Ribbon Campaign