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MR TAME KANINAMU HONE RUKIRUKI The death occurred at Taipairu Pa, Waipawa, recently of Mr Tame Kaninamu Hone Ruki-Ruki (Logan). Mr Ruki-Ruki was born at Waipawa and after school was educated at Te Aute College. Mr Ruki-Ruki was 59 years of age. He was a prominent Church of England worker and a keen all-round sportsman. He belonged to the Whatiuapiti tribe. He is survived by his wife Tepora and children Edith and George.

MR AWATAPU NGAKI The death has occurred at Taiporohenui, near Hawera, of Awatapu Ngaki, a Maori Battalion veteran who was one of the best-known personalities in South Taranaki. He was 78. Generally known as “Tapu,” Mr Ngaki was a member of the original Maori Battalion—World War I—and saw action against the Turks at Gallipoli in 1915. The proud possessor of three medals—the 1914–15 Star, the General Service Medal and the Victory Medal, he was one of the keenest members of the South Taranaki R.S.A. He was also a member of the Gallipoli Veterans' Association.

MR JAMES HUKUNUI TUKAPUA James Hurunui Tukapua, a chief of the Muaupoko tribe, who died recently at the age of 66, was a son of the late Emily Weu Weu (nee Broughton) and James Hurunui Tukapua. He was born at Wangaehu, Turakina, and educated at Levin. Mr Tukapua held several responsible positions in the Levin district. For many years he was an officer of the Child Welfare Department. He was also a Maori member of the Horowhenua Lake Domain Board. With other members of his family he was principally responsible for the setting up of the Kawiu Road Pa, the land for which had been given to the Muaupoko tribe by his mother. Mr Tukapua was a life member of the tribal committee and also a member of the tribil executive committee.

MR TUTEARI KINGI Mr Tuteari Kingi of Te Karaka died recently at the age of 87. Mr Kingi's death is a further severance with the early history of rugby in Poverty Bay. His name was well-known to players and supporters when football was in its infancy in the district.

MRS RIHI MANIRA Mrs Rihi Manira has died at Coromandel, aged 100. She was born a member of the Nga Puhi tribe, near Whangarei. Forty-five years ago she went to live at Colville and then at Coromandel.

MRS EMMA MATARAE KARENA The death has occurred of Mrs Emma Matarae Karena, a well-known Huntly personality, at the age of 85. She was prominent in leading action songs on her own Maraes and also when she accompanied her grandnephew, Koroki Mahuta, in his visits to other maraes. A member of the Ngati-tamainu and Ngatimahuta tribes, she was the eldest daughter of Hikurangi Karaka Rotana and Pikihuia, of Huntly. With her late husband, Karena Wiremu Takoro, she was among the first in the Waikato to accept the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints when it came to New Zealand.

MRS KATERINA RANGIKAWHITI PITT With the death last November of Katerina Rangikawhiti Pitt, the Maori community at Gisborne lost one of its most noted identities, and the district as a whole a personality of wide influence. Born at Poroporo 69 years ago, Mrs Pitt was a member of an Arawa family, her maiden name being Rodgers. As a girl she showed great musical talent, and in her youth she studied singing in Sydney for some years. She was later a well-known concert artist. She was married to Mr Wiremu Tutepuaki Pitt shortly before World War I.

MRS MIHI KOTUKUTUKU STIRLING Mrs Mihi Kotukutuku Stirling, of Raukokore, grand old lady of the East Coast and Bay of Plenty, died last November. Mrs Stirling was nearing 87 years of age. Her husband, who is over 90, and a large family, mourn her loss. During the Royal visit to Rotorua Mrs Stirling was presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth as a reward for her work among the Maori people in matters of welfare and health. She was a great supporter of Maori land development and improvement in Maori housing.