Hēnare Kōhere Explained

Hēnare Kōhere
Birth Name:Hēnare Mōkena Kōhere
Birth Date:10 March 1880
Birth Place:Te Araroa, New Zealand
Death Place:France
Other Names:Henry Morgan Kōhere (literal translation)
Spouse:Ngārangi Tūrei (first wife)
Kararaina Goldsmith (second wife)
Relatives:Rēweti Kōhere (brother)
Mōkena Kōhere (grandfather)
George Nēpia (son-in-law)
Occupation:soldier
farmer
Nationality:Māori

Hēnare Mōkena Kōhere (10 March 1880  - 16 September 1916) was a New Zealand farmer and soldier. Of Māori, English and French descent, he identified with the Ngāti Porou iwi. He was born in Te Araroa, East Coast, New Zealand, on 10 March 1880. His parents were Hōne Hiki Kōhere and Henerata Bristow (sometimes noted as Peretō), and his grandfather was Mōkena Kōhere. His eldest brother was Rēweti Kōhere. Hēnare Kōhere fought as an officer in the First World War and died of wounds in France on 16 September 1916.