"Xapier has a splendid asset of its own in George Nepia," said the Rev. F. A. Bennett at a reception at Napier to the Maori representatives in the All Blacks. He pointed out that Nepia's name was really the Maori rendering of the name of Napier, and was pronounced similarly. The pronunciation of Nepia -with'a soft "e" as in peep was -eajaxgly, wionSr -y
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18342, 27 March 1925, Page 6
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