MAORI FOOTBALLER’S DEATH
Manslaughter Allegation
CHARGE TO BE PREFERRED AGAINST TEAM MATE Dominion Special Service Palmerston North, October 6. A charge of manslaughter is to be preferred against Hawea Mataira, the well-known Maori All Black, in connection with the death of Bernard Edward Rogers, a member of the New Zealand Maori Rugby team which played Australia at Palmerston North on September 23. Rogers was admitted to the Palmerston North Hospital on the night of the match suffering from serious head injuries.
It was stated later by Mr. King! Tahiwi, team manager, that as far as could be ascertained, Rogers and Mataira had been skylarking for possession of a jersey when at the hotel where the team was quartered. The manslaughter charge hearing and resumed inquest proceedings will take place simultaneously at Palmerston North on October 14.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 10, 7 October 1936, Page 13
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