REV WIREMU MATENE The Rev Wiremu (Paki) Matene, Maori mission priest at Kaikohe and former New Zealand Maori Rugby representative, died at Kaikohe recently. He was aged 56. After attending St John's College he was ordained deacon in 1924 and priest in 1925. Mr Matene was mission curate at Whangarei in 1924 and at Mangakahia from 1925 to 1927. After serving as mission priest at Otiria from 1929 to 1940 he transferred to Kaikohe. Mr Matene represented both Taranaki and Northland on the football field. He played for New Zealand Maoris in 1922 and 1923 and toured Britain and France with the 1926 team.
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Te Ao Hou, July 1956, Page 3
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