A MAORI FATHER'S DEVOTION.
An example of untiling energy and parental affection that might put even a European to blush, occurred at Waikaremoana the other day, says the Auckland Herald, when the body of the unfortunate lad Rapai was recovered by his father Ata. Ata searched the river from daylight to dark, diving into the deepest holes and groping under the ledges, for a period of ten days, barely taking enough food to sustain him. When he found the body he carried it for nearly a mile to Mr Lambert's, where a rough stretcher was made, and the body taken to the pa to await the . arrival of the Coroner.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6074, 11 January 1898, Page 3
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110A MAORI FATHER'S DEVOTION. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6074, 11 January 1898, Page 3
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