EDWARD POHAU ELLISON by Kingi M. Ihaka ‘E tama, hei aha!’—(Son, never mind.) Such was the brief reply of a humble man to my request that during his lifetime an account of his life and work be published. I first met him and his charming wife at Oeo Pa, Taranaki. The occasion was a Church service, and I wondered then who this fine looking, fine build Pakeha was. I was soon to learn that he was the sole medical practitioner stationed at Manaia, and was also an active Churchman and an officer and member of practically all the different organizations in the district. For years there was a gentleman's agreement between the Anglican and the Methodist Churches to the effect that Maoris in the Taranaki district would be under the charge of the Methodist Church. But in recent years Maoris from other tribes had migrated in fair numbers into this district and from them came an appeal for a clergyman of their own church. The lot fell to me to answer the call, and at the very first meeting of the South Taranaki people an Anglican Maori Mission Committee was formed, with Pohau Ellison unanimously elected its first chairman. But, who was this man? Where has he lived all these years? Why isn't there much known or heard of him? Was he really a Pakeha? When I was introduced to him, I realised that I had met the sole survivor of the ‘Young Maori Party’. Thomas Ellison, the grandfather of Edward Pohau Ellison, left his home in England as a cabin boy on one of the East India Company's boats, and settled in Australia. Later he went to Otakou in New Zealand, and established a whaling industry off the Sounds in Cook Strait. He married Ika-i-raua, daughter of the chief Whati of the Ngati-Tama Tribe, but shortly after the establishment of his station he was drowned in a violent storm at sea. The whaling station was taken over by a son, Raniera Ellison, and the business flourished. At the same time another whaling station was established at Otakou by the Weller brothers. Edward Weller had married Nikuru Taiaroa, who died immediately after giving birth to her first child, Hannah. Taniera Ellison gave up whaling for goldmining, and in later years he married Hannah Weller. He then became a farmer, and after many years at Otakou he decided to lease the farm and settle at Waikanae near Otaki. It