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Canon P. M. Kohere One of the best known and oldest of Maori Anglican clergymen, Canon Poihipi Mokena Kohere, O.B.E., died at his home at Rangitukia, East Coast, on September 27. He was aged 86. Canon Kohere had served the Anglican church for 60 years. For 51 of those years he was vicar of the Waiapu parish based on Tikitiki, East Coast. He was awarded the O.B.E. in 1957. Canon Kohere was born at Horoera, East Cape in 1876. He was a distinguished member of the Ngati Porou tribe and one of the last contemporaries of the late Sir Apirana Ngata. Canon Koheres father fought with the army against Te Kooti and later sat in the Legislative Council.

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Te Ao Hou, December 1962, Page 63

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Canon P. M. Kohere Te Ao Hou, December 1962, Page 63

Canon P. M. Kohere Te Ao Hou, December 1962, Page 63