REV RAKENA PIRIPI RAKENA A widely respected leader of the Maori work of the Methodist Church of New Zealand, the Rev Rakena Piripi Rakena, died in Hawera recently, in his 66th year. He was of both Ngapuhi and Taranaki descent. The son of the Rev Piripi Rakena, he was born at Mangumuka, Northland, and was educated at the first Wesley College, in those days at Three Kings. Auckland. He entered the Ministry in 1908, and for some years made his home at Rapaki, Lyttelton, where he met and married Miss May Couch. In 1912 he became a Maori missionary, serving in Hokianga, Taranaki and the King Country. For the past few years he had lived in Hawera. He is survived by his wife, six sons and four daughters.
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Te Ao Hou, July 1956, Page 3
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