The Rev. Anaru N. Ngawaka

Te Ao Hou, November 1964, Page 62

The Rev. Anaru N. Ngawaka The death occurred last August at Whangape, Northland, of the Rev. Anaru Ngawaka, Church of England minister and leader of Te Rarawa. He was aged 94. The tangi was held at the Rev. Ngawak's house on the eastern side of Whangape Harbour, and at the Rev. Ngawaka's expressed wish, he was buried in the cemetery beside the old church near the ancient headland pa of Whakarongo. The funeral service was conducted by the Bishop of Auckland (the Rt. Rev. E. A. Gowing)in the absence through ill health of the Bishop of Aotearoa (Rt. Rev. W. N. Panapa). Supporting the bishop was the Archdeacon of Waimate (the Ven. E. A. Butt), Canon M. Cameron and practically all the Anglican clergy, Maori and Pakeha, of upper Northland. In his funeral oration, Bishop Gowing referred to the noble example that Anaru Ngawaka had set and to the fact that his lifetime had spanned that of the seven bishops who had served in Auckland, including Bishop Selwyn who, though he left New Zealand in 1867, was still alive when Anaru Ngawaka was born. The tangi was attended by six or seven-hundred people.