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MR RIKI PIMIHI Riki Pimihi (Richard Beamish) died at Auckland recently in his 92nd year. He was the eldest and last surviving grandson of the Rev. John Hobbs who established the first Wesleyan Maori mission in the Hokianga and who was well-known for bringing about friendly relations with the Maori people in connection with gaining support for the Treaty of Waitangi. Riki married Emere Rangitakotokino Makiwhara, niece of Wiremu Te Whero of Waikato. He was well known in the Waikato as a Maori interpreter in the Maori Land Court and other courts, mostly at Mercer and the surrounding district.

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Te Ao Hou, August 1957, Page 3

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MR RIKI PIMIHI Te Ao Hou, August 1957, Page 3

MR RIKI PIMIHI Te Ao Hou, August 1957, Page 3

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