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DEATHS.

W. Nopera Te Maihi-o-te-Rangi, of Koroniti, Whanganui, a beloved Native minister, on the sth day of March, 1875. He was supposed to be seventy-five years of age. He preached the gospel to the Whanganui tribes for thirty-six years, and during all that time he was a consistent and earnest Christian. Kekeopa Potaka, of Waipiro Bay, East Coast, on the 6th of March, 1875. When a mere lad he took part in several actions against the Hau Haus, armed with an old-fashioned rifle which had been rejected by all the men of his party on account of its great weight. He was one of the Native guard who accompanied the prisoners to the Chatham Islands. Mohi Mastgakahia, a noted chief of Hauraki, at Whangapoua, on the 21st of March, 1875. Matenga Takurua, a young man of rank of the Ngatiwenukukopako tribe, at Maketu, on the sth of April, 1875. Ko Rural, a cliieftainess of Taupo, grandchild of Te Poihipi Tukairangi, on the 21st of March, 1875. Killed by a fall from her horse when proceeding to join her husband up the Rangitaiki River.

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Waka Maori, Volume 11, Issue 8, 20 April 1875, Page 82

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DEATHS. Waka Maori, Volume 11, Issue 8, 20 April 1875, Page 82

DEATHS. Waka Maori, Volume 11, Issue 8, 20 April 1875, Page 82