appointments in London three years ago. One of his grandfathers established a mission station on the south shore of Lake Taupo in 1855 and did much to help the Maori people, the newspapers recalled. ‘The Times’ said that Dr Grace was sent as a medical student to Edinburgh in 1914. During the Second World War he served in the R.A.F. as senior neuropsychiatric specialist. Later he was appointed consultant psychotherapist at the National Hospital, London. ‘His northern forebears and northern training made Dr Grace a good physician,’ ‘The Times’ said. ‘But in appearance he was a chieftain of long descent and his Maori ancestry gave him also the underlying gaiety that endeared him to so many companions.’

Miss Keita Ngaro Ngapo The death has occurred at Kennedy Bay, Coromandel, of Miss Keita Ngaro Ngapo, aged 76. Miss Ngapo was for many years a district nurse, working at different times in Northland, Waikato, and Bay of Plenty. She trained at Waikato Hospital as a missionary nurse, passing her examinations with honours in 1914.

Mrs Pikitawhaki Thompson Mrs Pikitawhaki Thompson, also known as Piki Tawhaki, died last February at Otahuhu, aged 85. She was a descendant of Titokawaru, a famous fighting leader in the Taranaki war of the 1860s. Piki was well-known in Auckland and Otahuhu as one of the last women with a moko in that district. She was one of the last flower sellers in Auckland. She is survived by her husband, Mau Ngatupara Kawau, and a family.

The Very Rev. Dean M. Alink The Very Rev. Dean Martin Alink, or Pa Matene, who was connected with Catholic Maori Missions in the Auckland Diocese for 44 years, died last March in Auckland. He was local supervisor of the St. Joseph's Foreign Mission Society in New Zealand for 26 years, and was in charge of St. Peter's Maori Boys' College, at Northcote, for 25 years. Dean Alink was born in Amsterdam, Holland, and was ordained in 1919, arriving in New Zealand in the next year. He was first stationed at Waihi, near Tokaanu, then worked at Rotorua, Te Puna and Putaruru. He was a competent carpenter, and built several churches. Dean Alink was the founder of the St. Joseph's Maori Mission Guild, and in 1947 was decorated for his work by the Netherlands Government. Before his burial he lay in state at St. Peter's College and then at the residence of the Maori missioners in Auckland, where his tangi was held. The late Mr Hone Heke Rankin

Mr Hone Heke Rankin Mr Hone Heke Rankin, OBE, J.P., of Kaikohe, died at Whangarei on 15 April, at the age of 68. Mr Rankin, a Ngapuhi rangatira of high descent, was related to the famous warrior Hone Heke, who defied the British in the 1840s, and was a nephew of the Hone Heke who was the first Member of Parliament for the Northern Maori seat. Born in Kaikohe, he received his early education with relatives in Gisborne. He served in the armed forces in the First World War and in 1945 was appointed to the Rehabilitation Board and council, as a representative of the Maori race. He was a member of the Taitokerau Trust Board and the Waitangi Te Ti Trust Board and was keenly interested in the development of the Punakitere land block, now run by the Government. He played a large part in the building at Otiria of the Tumatauenga meetinghouse, which was opened last February by the Governor-General. Mr Rankin was a man of remarkable talents and deep human sympathies. A controversial and courageous speaker, he was noted throughout Maoridom for his strong and eloquent advocacy of Maori rights. He will be greatly missed, and will be long remembered for his strength of spirit, his qualities of leadership and his devotion to the welfare of his people. In a tribute to Mr Rankin, the Minister of Maori Affairs, Mr Hanan, said that the whole country mourned the passing of one of the paramount chiefs and leaders of Maoridom. Mr Rankin, he said, was a true rangatira, and had brought further distinction to the illustrious an-