About Matt Te Pou
Matt Te Pou was a New Zealand rugby union player.
Matthew John Te Pou is a New Zealand Māori leader and former rugby union coach and soldier.
Te Pou served in the New Zealand Army for 23 years, including active service in Vietnam, and was an instructor at the Royal Military College, Duntroon in Australia for three years. He was coach of the Māori All Blacks for 11 years until 2005. Te Pou is chair of the Tūhoe Fisheries Charitable Trust, and was a negotiator representing eight iwi in the Central North Island forestry settlement. In the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was made a Member of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire, and he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby, in the 2006 New Year Honours.
Te Pou's son, also called Matt Te Pou, played international rugby for .
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Who was Matt Te Pou?
New Zealand Māori leader, rugby union coach and soldier
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Matt Te Pou was a rugby union player.
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Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Matt Te Pou (rugby union coach)
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Matt Te Pou. https://biography.guide/matt-te-pou/
MLA: "Matt Te Pou." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/matt-te-pou/.
Chicago: "Matt Te Pou." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/matt-te-pou/.
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