The Rev. Huru Wipere

Te Ao Hou, March 1964, Page 64

The Rev. Huru Wipere The death has occurred at Auckland of the Rev. Huru Wipere, an honorary home missionary of the Methodist Church who for many years worked among his people in Northland, the Waikato and in Auckland. Mr Wipere belonged to a well-known family at Utakura, in the Hokianga district, where he was a farmer and a lay preacher. Later he was appointed a home missionary. He is survived by an adult family of six children. This photograph of the late Mr Tiaki Hira, the eminent orator and authority on Maori lore, was first published in issue no. 11 of ‘Te Ao Hou’. When Mr Hira died recently, a number of people asked that the photograph be published again. It was taken at the opening of the Pare Hauraki sleeping house at Turangawaewae, Ngaruawahia. Tiaki Hira was an official orator on behalf of the Maori King for a great many years, specialising in particular in the intricate whai korero forms for the opening of new buildings. An obituary of Mr Hira was published in the last issue (no. 45) of ‘Te Ao Hou’.