NOTED MAORI
DIED AT MARLBOROUGH. (By Telegraph—Press Association). BLENHEIM, August 18. The death occurred at Saturday night at the Wairau Pa of Alfred Rore, after a comparatively short illness. Hapareta Rore was, by descent, an important Rangatira. His family’s history is closely interwoven with the history of the Wairau- Rores. His grandfather on the mother’s side was Captain Blankinsopp, whose alleged purchase of the Wairau Plain at the price of a spiked cannon is commonly regarded as leading up to the Wairau massacre. The late Hapareta Rore was 67 years old. ' He was Hie last male representative of his family. He was a man of keen intellect, and a ready speaker. He represented his people with dignity, ability and eloquence. He was for three years chairman of the Maori Council for Marlborough and Nelson, was chairman of the Maori Drainage Board, and chairman of the Wairau Pa School Committee. He was the owner and trainer of racehorses, but in later years he had given up the sport.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1930, Page 3
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