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Archdeacon Tipene Archdeacon te Rata Pakihau Tipene, the first Maori archdeacon in New Zealand, has died aged 55. He studied at St John's Anglican Theological College, Auckland, and wa ordained deacon in 1931 and priest the follwing year. he served as curate at Kamo (1931–32), Kaikohe (1932–34), Peria (1934–45), Whangarei (1945–51), and Northern Wairoa (1951–53), working specially among Maoris. He was appointed vicar of Kawakawa in 1953, a position from which he resigned earlier this year because of his ill health. Also in1953 he was meade a canon of St Mary's Cathedral, Auckland. He became Archdacon of Waimate in 1957, a position he retained until his death.

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Te Ao Hou, December 1962, Page 64

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Archdeacon Tipene Te Ao Hou, December 1962, Page 64

Archdeacon Tipene Te Ao Hou, December 1962, Page 64