Alice Bennett Mother of one of the best known Maori families in New Zealand. Mrs Alice Rangioue Bennett died in Rotorua aged 83. She was the wife of the first Bishop of Aotearoa, the late Rev. F. A. Bennett. One of her 11 sons, the Rt Rev. Manu Bennett, is the third Bishop of Aotearoa. Mrs Bennett was born in Okere, and married the Rev. Bennett, then a widower with five children, in 1911. She was the daughter of Hemana Ponika, paramount Arawa chief. Many of her sons have distinguished themselves in public life, and she was held in high esteem by all of them. There were also two daughters, and Mrs Bennett is survived by 70 grandchildren and more than 20 great-granchildren.
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Te Ao Hou, 1972, Page 5
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