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Paraire "Friday" Henare Tomoana (died 15 April 1946) was a Māori political leader, journalist, historian, sportsman, and lyricist of the Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Te Whatu-i-Āpiti tribes.

The project was first mooted by the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors in when it was proposed to collect as much information as possible.

Her research interests include the roles of Pacific peoples in Hollywood film and in indigenous motion picture production.

Secretary until his death in , but from onwards Hodgkin was only an honorary secretary.

The vested interests of a selfish few,into whose hands the beautiful foreshores of the harbour have been allowed to fall, and who will do nothing.

Music by Established Composers.

Born either in Waipatu or Pakowhai near Hastings, he was the son of Henare Tomoana, the principal chief of the Heretaunga region and Member of Parliament for the Eastern Māori electorate. He was educated at Te Aute College and was a member of the Young Māori Party, an association of alumni from the college that dominated the Māori political landscape in the early 20th century.^[1]

Tomoana was in favour of Māori enlistment in the First World War, and was a major fundraiser and organiser of recruitment drives for the New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion.

Between 1921 and 1932 he was an editor of the Māori newspaper TeToa Takitini, an Anglican periodical providing Māori commentary on current events and Māori history. Tomoana's musical compositions include E Pari Rā