He was born in Hastings and educated at the Waimarama Maori School, and was a member of the Ngati Whakaiti and the Ngati Whakaue tribes. Mr Broughton was interested in all kinds of sports and was an ardent church worker, irrespective of denomination. He was buried at the Waimarama Maori Cemetery.

MR RIKI PIMIHI Riki Pimihi (Richard Beamish) died at Auckland recently in his 92nd year. He was the eldest and last surviving grandson of the Rev. John Hobbs who established the first Wesleyan Maori mission in the Hokianga and who was well-known for bringing about friendly relations with the Maori people in connection with gaining support for the Treaty of Waitangi. Riki married Emere Rangitakotokino Makiwhara, niece of Wiremu Te Whero of Waikato. He was well known in the Waikato as a Maori interpreter in the Maori Land Court and other courts, mostly at Mercer and the surrounding district.

MRS NGAKOHU PERA The death occurred recently of Mrs Ngakohu Pera of Waioeka Pa, Opotiki. Mrs Pera was formerly Mrs Thomas Shelford of Tikitiki. She was descended from a prominent Ngati Porou family. Among the family who survive her is her son Charlie Shelford, D.C.M., a well known soldier who served with distinction in the Maori Battalion.

TE AO HOU I nga ra o namata ko te taka kai ta te wahine a ko te uhunga mate. Ka whakaputa nga tangi nunui a te Maori, ana Moteatea na te wahine. Ka penei ano te Pakeha? Na Ratana te whakaoho tuatahi i waenganui o te iwi Maori kia whakaoritetia te tu marae a te tane raua ko te wahine. Ko tetahi putake nui o te mahi a Te Ropu Toko. I te ora o Nga o Wahine Maori ko te whakawatea i nga herehere o ratou o te wahine ki nga mahi motuhake ma te wahine. Kua tu noa atu te wahine ki nga marae engari ia no enei tau tata tonu ka takahia nga marae o Tainui e te waewae wahine. Ka nui te kaha o Te Ropu Toko I Te Ora O Nga Wahine Maori ki te tuhonohono haere i nga tikanga o te Ao Tawhito me Te Ao Hou. He mea hinapouri rawa ki te rongo ake kua koroukore etahi o te hunga wahine nei ki te hapai i te kaupapa a to ratou ropu inahoki kei te heke haere te tokomaha o nga mema o taua ropu mai i te 3916 i tera atu tau ki te 2915 i te tunga o te hui ki Otautahi i tera Aperira. Kei te rapaina he aha rawa ra i penei ai. Ko nga hua o te hui a taua ropu he nui noa atu. Inahoki i tono etahi wahine kia whakaarotia he whare pukapuka ma nga tamariki Maori he marae takarotanga mo aua tamariki, he kaupapa tieki i nga kaumatua, he kaupapa whakaputu moni me era atu tikanga o te ao hou. I te ripoata a Te Hekeretari o Te Ropu matua ka mea ia he mea tino pai mehemea ka timata o ratou ropu ki te akoako mahi penei me nga mahi tukutuku me era atu mahi o namata me etahi mahi hoki o te ao hou penei me nga mahi whakapaipai i te kanohi, te whakakahu i te tinana. Kauaka tatou e wareware he Ao hou tenei a ko te rangatahi kei te whai i ona ahuatanga. Ina tata nei ka tono tetahi ropu kia tukuna atu he wahine hei whakaoko i a ratou ki nga mahi o te Ao hou. E tika ana kia mahi aua ropu wahine i nga mahi mo te iwi nui tonu. Ka nui nga mahi, he marae na me ona tuhapatanga, he marae na me ona tuhapatanga. Kei ta tatou pukapuka nei kei Te Ao Hou etahi kaupapa hei whakaaroatanga. He mea pai tonu te huihui te korerorero hei whakaohooho i nga whakaaro.