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Maori King movement memorial at Hangatiki, and the recent restoration of the meeting-house Tokanganui-a-noho. He did much to further the objectives of the Maori Education Foundation in the Maniapoto area. He was the local representative of the Tainui Trust Board and was throughout his life a prominent supporter of the Maori King movement. He also took a very keen interest in the Maori Battalion Association. He had a wide knowledge of Maori history and whakapapa and was a devoted advocate of the the Arawa Trust Board. Mr Te Kiri is survived by his wife, three daughters and a son. retention by the people of their Maoritanga. Mr Davis is survived by his wife Edith and two children, John and Pat.

Mr Johnson Kawiti Grey Mr Johnson Kawiti Grey, of Taradale near Napier, died last October at Napier. He was aged 59. Mr Grey was a foundation member of the Ahuriri tribal executive committee, and acted as chairman from 1954 to 1959. He was one of the prime movers in the formation of the district councils of tribal executives. On three Royal or vice-regal occasions, Mr Grey represented his people. He was presented to the Queen Mother, and the then Governor-General, Lord Cobham, when they visited Hawke's Bay, and he met Queen Elizabeth during the royal reception at Waitangi on her last visit to New Zealand. A well-known orator, he was well versed in Maori history and culture. He was responsible with others for forming the Maori youth club and marching teams of the Waiohiki-Moteo district. In his early years Mr Grey was a representative hockey player and for many years was a member of the Ruru Hockey Club. A keen musician, he assisted in the setting up of the only Maori silver band in the country, known as the Hamuere Silver Band. He is survived by his wife, Wairakau (Baby), and his children, Raymond, Penny, and Lloyd.

Mrs Hinerau Waititi The death occurred last August at the Cook Hospital, Gisborne, of Mrs Hinerau Waititi. Mrs Waititi, of Ruatoria, was on both sides descended from families of aristocratic lineage. Her father was the late Mr Pani Fox, and her mother was Te Whakarua, daughter of Te Heapera, a famous Ngati Porou chieftainess of the Ruatoria-Mangahanea area. Mrs Waititi was very prominent in all activities

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