Another death at ‘tapu house’
PA Auckland A fourth person has died in the “tapu-stricken” Grey Lynn house where three infants died mysteriously within 25 days earlier this year. Peter Ripi Wilson, aged 47, grand-uncle of the three children who died in February, suffered a stroke and died in the back yard of the Great North Road house.
His sister-in-law, Mrs Queenie Mahara, said there was no obvious link with the tapu on the house, but it could not be ruled out.
“He had gone back to boozing,” she said, “possibly due to the grief over the earlier deaths.”
Mrs Mahara said that after two tapu-lifting ceremonies the ,f evil” had been taken away. But the memories of the deaths still stayed with the extended family living there and for that reason they intended to leave as soon as possible.
The Auckland Coroner, Mr Stephen Osborne, found that the three children all died from obscure reasons, and police investigating the deaths could not find any cause.
The three — Kataraina Tuivailala, aged four months, Nooroa Jason Tumaki, 11 months, and Delphina Wilson, two - were members of the extended family.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19851113.2.32
Bibliographic details
Press, 13 November 1985, Page 6
Word Count
188Another death at ‘tapu house’ Press, 13 November 1985, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in