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MAORI CHIEF DEAD.

TAI-NGAKAWA TAMAHANA.

SON OF WILLIAM THOMPSON. The death last week in Auckland, at the age of 84, of Tai-Ngakawa Tamahana te Waharoa breaks a link in a famous line of Waikato chiefs. TaiNgakawa, a paramount chief of the Waikato, was the son of Wiremu Tamahana, the William Thompson of the Waikato wars. He twice journeyed to England to submit some of the complaints of the Maoris. On the first occasion, 1914, King George granted him an audience, and oh the second, 1925, he was received by the Prince of Wales.

A large tangi is being held this week at the Morrinsville pah, the venerable chief’s late home. Maoris from all parts of the Waikato are gathering, there being 300 encamped already. Further heavy detachments are expected. Among the visitors expected to participate in the tangi is Sir Maui Pomare. Rata Mahuta, the Maori King, is already there, and his standard, together with the dead chief’s death flag, is flying from the Maori church. Tai-Ngakawa lies in state, surrounded by mourning natives.

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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5442, 1 July 1929, Page 2

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MAORI CHIEF DEAD. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5442, 1 July 1929, Page 2

MAORI CHIEF DEAD. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5442, 1 July 1929, Page 2

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