| 词条 | Charles Bennett (high commissioner) |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Sir Charles Bennett |honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|DSO|size=100%}} PMN |image = Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett.jpg |alt = |caption = |order = 23rd President of the Labour Party |term_start = 1972 |term_end = 1976 |vicepresident = Eddie Isbey Gerald O'Brien |predecessor = Bill Rowling |successor = Arthur Faulkner |order2 = 2nd High Commissioner to Malaya |primeminister2=Walter Nash Keith Holyoake |term_start2 = 1959 |term_end2 = 1963 |predecessor2 = Foss Shanahan |successor2 = Hunter Wade |birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|07|27|df=y}} |birth_place = Rotorua, New Zealand |death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|11|26|1913|07|27|df=y}} |death_place = Tauranga, New Zealand |birthname = |nationality = |party = Labour |otherparty = |spouse = |partner = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = Canterbury University College |occupation = |profession = |religion = |signature = }} Sir Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett {{post-nominals|country=NZL|DSO|size=85%}} {{post-nominals|list=PMN|size=85%}} (27 July 1913 – 26 November 1998) was a New Zealand broadcaster, military leader, public servant, and high commissioner to the Federation of Malaya (1959–1963). Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Pikiao and Ngati Whakaue iwi. Early lifeBennett was born in Rotorua, New Zealand on 27 July 1913,[1] one of 19 children of Frederick Augustus Bennett of Ngati Whakaue of Te Arawa, and his second wife, Arihia Ngarangioue (Rangioue) Hemana (or Pokiha). From the age of six months to thirteen years Charles was raised by his grandparents at Maketu. He won a scholarship to Te Aute College, where he was a distinguished student, head prefect and footballer. He obtained a BA in 1936 from Canterbury University College. World War IIGreece and CreteCharles Bennett joined the 28th (Maori) Battalion at the outbreak of war in 1939. He underwent officer training at Trentham Military Camp, embarking overseas in May 1940 as a second lieutenant in B Company. On Lieutenant-Colonel George Dittmer's staff he fought in Greece and Crete. He led an intelligence unit responsible for reconnaissance, speaking on the radio in Maori. In November 1941 Bennett was promoted to captain. North AfricaBy October 1942 Bennett was a major commanding B Company. Early in November his two superiors were wounded in fighting near Tel el Aqqaqir, and Bennett then commanded the Māori Battalion, being promoted lieutenant-colonel (the youngest battalion commander in the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force). In March 1943 at Tebaga Gap, Tunisia, Bennett ordered a successful attack on Point 209 (Hikurangi to the Māori) which resulted in Lieutenant Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu being awarded a posthumous VC, and Bennett the DSO. In April, during the fighting at Takrouna and Djebel Berda, Bennett was severely wounded by a mine and was invalided home. His recovery took three years, and left him lame. Post-warWith Major-General Howard Kippenberger Bennett worked on the Māori Battalion’s history with the War History Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs. He became an interpreter at Internal Affairs. On 10 October 1947, in Wellington, Bennett married Elizabeth May Richardson (née Steward). They had no children, but he regarded her two children as his own.[1] He won a University of Oxford scholarship from the Ngarimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund to read for a doctorate on the problems of cultural adjustment of the Māori people. Although the thesis was not completed, in January 1959 he became New Zealand's high commissioner to the Federation of Malaya (later Malaysia).[1] He was President of the Labour Party from 1972 to 1976, and stood for Labour in the Rotorua electorate in the 1969 general election.[1] He was awarded an honorary doctorate (LL.D.) from the University of Canterbury in 1973,[2] and knighted in the 1975 Birthday Honours,[3] He was a patron of the Electoral Reform Coalition. Bennett died in Tauranga on 26 November 1998. He was survived by his wife and her two children.[1] During the tangihanga, the traditional Māori funeral rite, the New Zealand Defence Force announced that their crest will be changed from the traditional two crossed swords to a sword crossed with a taiaha, the traditional Māori weapon, in Bennett's honour.[1] HonourForeign honour
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{DNZB|last=Ballara|first=Angela|id=5b23|title=Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett|accessdate=23 April 2017}} {{S-start}}{{s-ppo}}{{S-bef|before=Bill Rowling}}{{S-ttl|title=President of the Labour Party|years=1972–1976}}{{s-aft|after=Arthur Faulkner}}{{s-end}}{{New Zealand Labour Party}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, Charles Moihi Te Arawaka}}2. ^{{cite web |title=Honorary Graduates |url= http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/theuni/council/Honorary%20Graduates/Annual_Recipient_List_2014.pdf |publisher=University of Canterbury |accessdate=14 June 2014 |page=1 |format=PDF}} 3. ^{{London Gazette |date=6 June 1975 |supp=y |issue=46595 |page=7405}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/v8/images/stories/1963.pdf|title=Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1963.}} 20 : 1913 births|1998 deaths|New Zealand public servants|Ngāti Pikiao|Ngāti Whakaue|New Zealand military personnel|New Zealand Māori soldiers|People from Rotorua|New Zealand Māori public servants|New Zealand Māori broadcasters|New Zealand Army officers|New Zealand military personnel of World War II|New Zealand Labour Party politicians|High Commissioners of New Zealand to Malaysia|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1969 New Zealand general election|New Zealand Knights Bachelor|Honorary Commanders of the Order of the Defender of the Realm|People educated at Te Aute College|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|University of Canterbury alumni |
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