MAORI CENTENARIAN DEAD
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
WHANGAREI, July 2,
Aged 101 and 8 months, which age was verified officially during the Treaty of Waitangi Centennial celebrations. Mr. Hohepa Pita died at Whangaruru yesterday. He was a boy about nine when the flagstaff was cut down at Kororareka and was one of the ' few old Maoris . who could not converse in English. He was a great athlete^ in his day, and possessed wonderful sight till he became blind two years ago." He was look-out man for whalers for many years and was reputed to be able with his naked eyes to see whales spouting at a distance before pakehas detected them with the aid of binoculars.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 3, 3 July 1940, Page 5
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