Muru Walters
New Zealand bishop, author, artist and rugby union player (1935–2024)
Walters in 2012
Muru Walters (16 January 1935 – 14 February 2024) was a New Zealand author, master carver, broadcaster, artist, rugby union player and Māori Anglican bishop.[ 1] He was the first Pīhopa (bishop) of Te Pīhopatanga o Te Upoko o Te Ika from his consecration on 7 March 1992 until his retirement in 2018.[ 2]
Biography
Muru Walters was born in Kaitaia .[ 3] He affiliated to the Te Rarawa and Te Aupōuri iwi .[ 1] A talented rugby player, Walters represented New Zealand Māori , and won the Tom French Cup for the Māori rugby union player of the year in 1957.[ 4] He studied at Auckland Teachers' College . After working in arts and crafts education in schools, he became a lecturer in art at Dunedin Teachers' College . In 1980, Walters completed a master's degree on Māori archaeology at the University of Otago .[ 5] He was later a lecturer in Māori Studies at St John's Theological College in Auckland.[ 3] In October 2020, Walters was made a Life Fellow of Selwyn College Dunedin .[ 6]
Walters died at his home in Mangawhai on 14 February 2024, at the age of 89.[ 7] [ 8]
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