DEATH OF HURINUI APANUI.
CHIEF OF NGATIAWA TRIBE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Whakatane, this day. One of the foremost natives of New Zealand, ITurinui Apanui, the leading chief of the tribe, died at the Whakatane pa* this morning. It is stated that Hurinui, who was 70 years of age, could trace his geneadlogy hack further than any chief in the Dominion. He was a fine type of native, over six feet in height, sturdily built, with a handsome figure arid a bearing which made him every inch a chief. Preparations are now being made for a great tangi which may last a month, and natives from all over the Doaninion are expected to attend.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XIX, Issue 1967, 24 May 1924, Page 5
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