DEATH OF A MAORI

Inangahua Times, 19 August 1930, Page 4

DEATH OF A MAORI

HISTORY OP HIS LIFE CLOSELY INTERWOVEN WITH THAT OF WAIRAU. MASSACRE OF WAIRAU RECALL ED. (Per United Press Aesn.) BLENHEIM, Last N : <> ; h The death occurred on Saturday night, at Wairau Da, of Alfred Rorc, ifte/r a eomparatdveily short illneas. HaparaJta Rare was 'by desoent from an important; Rangatima family, hL: history being closely inter woven with the history of Wairau. Rores grandfather, on the mothers side, was Captain Blenkinsopp, whose alleged purchase of Wairtau Plain at the price of a spiked cannon is coni- ; monJy regarded as leading up to trhc J Wairau Massacre. The 2-alte Roire was 67 years old. He was the last male representative of his r anw)y.

A man of keen intellect and a ready speaker, he represented his people with -liguity, ability and elo quoncc. He waai for three years chairman of the Ma-rri Council. for Mailbo-rougb. and Nelson, Caoivuveur

f the Wairau I*a iSchool Committee md vrais owner and trainer of race torses, but of later years, hnd given ip Ihn isport.