PEOPLE AND PLACES Dr Henry R. Bennett (see photo above) a son of the late Rt. Rev. F. A. Bennett, the first Bishop of Aotearoa, has been appointed medical superintendent of the Tokanui Mental Hospital, south of Hamilton. Aged 45, Dr Bennett has had a distinguished medical career. After studying at the Otago Medical School and in Melbourne, he was a house surgeon at the Napier Hospital before going into the army early in the war, serving in New Zealand. After the war Dr Bennett specialised in mental health and since then has served at Seacliff, Kingseat and Oakley Hospitals as assistant and senior medical officer. The Hui Aranga, the Roman Catholic Maori Easter gathering (see photo below) took place this year at Otaki. About a thousand people attended it, including members of clubs from Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui,
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