Kīngi Īhaka

{{Short description|New Zealand Anglican priest (1921–1993)}}

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Sir Kīngi Matutaera Īhaka {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|JP|size=85%}} (18 October 1921 – 1 January 1993), known to his family as Matu Īhaka, was a New Zealand clerk, interpreter, Anglican priest, broadcaster and Māori Language Commissioner.

Of Māori descent, Īhaka identified with the Te Aupōuri iwi. He was born in Te Kao, Northland, on 18 October 1921, the 13th of 14 children.{{DNZB|title=Kīngi Matutaera Īhaka |first= Kingi|last= Ihaka|id=5i1|accessdate=1 December 2011}}

Īhaka was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to the Anglican Māori Church.{{London Gazette |issue=45119 |date=13 June 1970 |page=6407 |supp=3}} In the 1989 New Year Honours, he was made a Knight Bachelor, for services to the Māori people.{{London Gazette |issue=51580 |date=31 December 1988 |page=33 |supp=3}} In 1990, he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |author-link1=Alister Taylor |author-link2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=197}} He was buried at Purewa Cemetery in the Auckland suburb of Meadowbank.{{cite web |title=Notable graves |url= https://www.purewa.co.nz/notable-graves/ |publisher=Purewa Trust Board |access-date=15 February 2021}}