Pahikore Te Koeti Turanga


Pahikore Te Koeti Turanga, also known as John Butler Te Koeti, was a notable New Zealand mountaineer, guide, bushman, axeman. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe iwi. He was born at Makaawhio Pā, West Coast, New Zealand in 1883.
He died in Hokitika in 1964 and was buried in Hokitika Cemetery.