CHIEF DIES AT 103
MAORIS' GREAT LOSS fP.A.) TAUMARUNUI, March 12. The death has occurred of one of the great Maori chiefs, Te Wainui a Rua Taumata. Poihipi, aged 103 years. Poihipi was one of the outstanding elders of the Maori people with a wonderful store of knowledge of Maori song lore, tradition, customs and genealogy. He was a keen follower of Rugby football and an elder of the Presbyterian Maori Mission.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22584, 12 March 1948, Page 4
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72CHIEF DIES AT 103 Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22584, 12 March 1948, Page 4
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