Sir Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett DSO PMN (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).

Bennett 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, who became first Anglican Māori bishop of Aotearoa, and his second wife, Arihia Ngarangioue (Rangioue) Hemana (or Pokiha).

He won a scholarship to Te Aute College, where he was a distinguished student, head prefect and footballer.

He underwent officer training at Trentham Military Camp, embarking overseas in May 1940 as a second lieutenant in B Company.

In April, during the fighting at Takrouna and Djebel Berda, Bennett was severely wounded by a mine and was invalided home.

[3] In the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Bachelor, for public services, especially to the Māori people,[4] and in 1990 he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.