DEATH OF TE HEUHEU.
(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Taupo, Monday. Te Hkuhku Titkino, head chief of the Taupo and Ngatituwhuretoa tribes, died at Waihi, at the age of (53, after brief illness
from paralysis. Although a staunch supporter of the introduction of Christianity to these islands, Te Heuheu, for the greater portion of his life opposed the maniv of the pakeha from overspreading his native lands. He took a prominent part against the Imperial troops. One of his last nets was the donation to tho people of New Zealand of tho sacred mountains of Tougariri and Ruapehu, (where his father is buried), as a national park. He will be succeeded by his son, Tureito te Heuheu.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2505, 31 July 1888, Page 2
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115DEATH OF TE HEUHEU. Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2505, 31 July 1888, Page 2
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