Tui Vaeau: Sir Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hīroa) - The Polymath of Dual Worlds

He was not a man for sentimental symbolism. He was a man of action, science and statehood. Born circa October 1877 at Urenui, Taranaki, of Irish‑Catholic and Ngāti Mutunga descent, Buck embodied Champion of Māori Health the unification of worlds our present ideologues barely comprehend.

A Life Forged in Discipline, Not Entitlement