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Mr W. U. T. Wakarua Mr William Uru Teangina Wakarua, secretary of the Taranaki Maori Trust Board, died on 25 October at Hawera. He was aged 57. Mr Wakarua had been secretary of the Trust at Hawera since it was founded in 1932. Born at Nukumaru, Mr Wakarua studied at Te Aute College and later gained the diploma of agriculture at Hawkesbury College, in New South Wales. He married Miss Queenie O'Connor and settled at Hawera. Mr Wakarua was a keen member of Rotary International and a former secretary of the Hawera Club. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs Sullivan, of Hawera.

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Te Ao Hou, March 1965, Page 63

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Mr W. U. T. Wakarua Te Ao Hou, March 1965, Page 63

Mr W. U. T. Wakarua Te Ao Hou, March 1965, Page 63