HAERE KI O KOUTOU TIPUNA

Revd Wiki Netana Patuawa Many were present from Mangonui and Hokianga counties for the tangi and funeral at Mamaranui of the Revd W. N. Patuawa, mission curate in charge of the Parengarenga Maori Pastorate, who died in Auckland Public Hospital on 17 February. Revd Patuawa was on the eve of his transfer from the Kaitaia Parochial District to mission work among the Maoris in Auckland, where his wide experience and mana would have made his work most effective, and was actually speaking at his farewell at Peria when he was taken ill. He was widely respected by Maori and Pakeha alike, and ministered to both communities while in the north. His loss will be a blow to Anglican Church work in the wide field that has opened in Auckland, replacing to such an extent the former opportunities in the country, for the Revd Patuawa with his maturity, wide experience and knowledge of hundreds of people would have been an ideal choice. Mr Patuawa was a member of the Ngati Whatua tribe and had connexions with Aupouri, the major tribe in the north. He claimed direct descent from the chief Ruatara, who was largely responsible for the bringing of Christianity to the Maori people by the Revd Samuel Marsden. He was ordained priest in St Mary's Cathedral in Auckland in 1955, serving curacies at Waimate North, St. Thomas', Freeman's Bay, Kaitaia, Hokianga and Peria before taking charge of the Parengarenga Pastorate. He is survived by his wife, daughter and seven sons.

Kereti Tei Ringa McDonnell Scott Many former comrades of the Maori Battalion and military personnel attended the funeral of Mr K. T. R. McD. Scott, which took place on 22 February at the Putiki cemetery. St Paul's Memorial Church was crowded, and many had to remain outside. Those taking part in the service included the Revd C. Shortland, vicar of Putiki, the Revd Keith Elliott, V.C., a personal friend of Mr Scott and a former vicar of Putiki, and Canon Taepa. During the service Mr Elliott paid tribute to Mr Scott's memory, stating that he was a staunch friend and a valued citizen. The large and representative gathering that day was eloquent testimony of the high regard in which he was held, said Mr Elliott.

Hohepa Kanara Almost the last of the grand old men of the Aupouri Tribe, still resident at Te Kao, Mr Hohepa Kanara (Joseph Konrad) died on 26 February. He was a link not only with the tribal days of the past but with New Zealand Pakeha and European history, for he was descended from a Colonel of the Prussian Army who fought at Waterloo, and his grandfather, Joseph Konrad, a draughtsman, who was born in Poland, came to New Zealand and was captain of Militia during the Taranaki campaigns in the Maori War. Mr Kanara began his schooling at Kaitaia and was later sent to Auckland and apprenticed to the blacksmithing and wheelwright firm of Jones and Power for whom he worked for two years. Then he ran away to sea, first serving for two years as a cabin boy, then carting sulphur from White Island, and afterwards in sailing vessels engaged in the timber trade to Australia. He continued his education until he was 17 and after a year and a half on the Australian run gained his third mate's certificate and joined the Government vessel Hinemoa, making many voyages from New Zealand to the Islands and Australian ports. Mr Kanara enlisted for the Boer War, but his contingent arrived after hostilities ended. Sometime after 1903 he left the sea and after a variety of jobs took up about 45 years ago a big block of land near Te Kao and worked to break it in from the teatree and scrub that covered it. He ran a butchery and bullock