Many friends of both races including former Maori Battalion soldiers paid their respects to him at Te Takinga meeting house at Mourea on the shores of Lake Rotoiti, where he lay in state as a leader of Ngati Pikiao, one of the Arawa confederation of tribes. Mr Grant is survived by his wife and five children.

Mr R. K. Taituha The death occurred recently of Mr Rangi Kingi Taituha of Pakaraka Pa, near Maxwell. A well known resident and Maori elder of the Waitotara district, Mr Taituha was descended from ancestors who came in the Aotea Canoe. He was a leading figure in the Wainui-a-rua and Wanganui tribes, and was highly respected, both locally and in other areas, for his knowledge of Maori lore and genealogy. He was a life member of the Ngarauru Trust Committee in the Waitotara District. He is survived by his wife, six daughters and two sons.

Mr Te Tane Tukaki The death occurred recently at his home in Te Kaha of Mr Te Tane Tukaki, aged 77 years. Te Tane Tukaki, who was a retired farmer, was the son of Tukaki of the Whanau-a-Apanui tribe and Heni Kamaea Kahaki of the Ngati-Porou tribe. He was a fine orator and leader, and one of the last from a generation gifted in the remembering of the geneaological tables and history of the Whanau-a-Apanui and Ngati-Porou tribes. He was a member of the Anglican Church, and a firm believer in the unity of the two races, doing much to promote this feeling of unity among those with whom he came in contact. For a number of years he was a member of the local tribal and school committees. It was at his request that the Education Department recently changed the name of the Te Kaha Maori District High School to the Te Whanau-a-Apanui District High School Mr Tukaki gave to the school the Whanau-a-Apanui saying, ‘Ka tu te toka ki Takore’ (The steadfast rock of Takore). He is survived by two sons, five daughters, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The Rev. Huru Wipere The death has occurred at Auckland of the Rev. Huru Wipere, an honorary home missionary of the Methodist Church who for many years worked among his people in Northland, the Waikato and in Auckland. Mr Wipere belonged to a well-known family at Utakura, in the Hokianga district, where he was a farmer and a lay preacher. Later he was appointed a home missionary. He is survived by an adult family of six children. This photograph of the late Mr Tiaki Hira, the eminent orator and authority on Maori lore, was first published in issue no. 11 of ‘Te Ao Hou’. When Mr Hira died recently, a number of people asked that the photograph be published again. It was taken at the opening of the Pare Hauraki sleeping house at Turangawaewae, Ngaruawahia. Tiaki Hira was an official orator on behalf of the Maori King for a great many years, specialising in particular in the intricate whai korero forms for the opening of new buildings. An obituary of Mr Hira was published in the last issue (no. 45) of ‘Te Ao Hou’.

Chaplain Tuahangata Fraser Mr Tuahangata Fraser, of Rotorua, died last December aged 87. A well-known and regular visitor to Rotorua Hospital, Chaplain Fraser was a retired ordained minister of the Church of England. Shortly after World War I he was a chaplain at Narrow Neck military camp, Auckland. Chaplain Fraser, who was born in the Bay of Plenty, was a member of both the Ngati Teroroterangi and the Ngati Rangiwewehi sub-tribes. Until the last couple of years when he shifted to Rotorua, his home was at Te Ngae. We are always grateful to those readers who send us obituary notices. They should be sent to the Editor, ‘Te Ao Hou’, Box 2390, Wellington. [Registered at the G.P.O., Wellington, for transmission through the post as a magazine.]