Henare Pawhara "Buff" Milner (12 February 1946 – 2 March 1996) was a New Zealand

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, Milner represented East Coast,

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, and

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at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the

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, in 1970. He played 16 matches for the All Blacks on their

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that year, including one international. A professional soldier, Milner died suddenly in 1996 in the United Kingdom while there on an army course. He was the cousin of

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, who made his All Black debut in 2015.

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