Claude Anaru


Karauria Tiweka Anaru , often known as Claude Anaru, was a New Zealand interpreter, law clerk, local politician and community leader. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Te Whānau-ā-Apanui iwi. He was born in Raukokore, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, on 2 June 1901.
In the 1957 Queen's Birthday Honours, Anaru was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Māori people.