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Sir Turi Carroll, Sixth Maori Knight continued from page 3 boards, was for eight years president of the A. and P. Association and was Chairman of the Farmers' Union provincial executive. After the Second World War, Sir Alfred offered 1700 acres of the family property for the rehabilitation of Maori soldiers. He was a member of the district rehabilitation committee. Awarded the O.B.E. in 1950, he was invested by the Queen during her visit in 1954. He has been Chairman of the Ngati Kahungunu Tribal Executive for very many years, and was closely associated with the late Major Te Reiwhati Vercoe in the formation of the New Zealand Council of Tribal Executives. At the recent inaugural meeting of this body he was elected as its President, and he is also the Council's nominee to the Board of Trustees of the Maori Education Foundation. Sir Turi Carroll is the sixth Maori to receive a knighthood; the others are Sir James Carroll, Sir Maui Pomare, Sir Apirana Ngata, Sir Peter Buck, and Sir Eruera Tirikatene.

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Te Ao Hou, September 1962, Page 46

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Sir Turi Carroll, Sixth Maori Knight Te Ao Hou, September 1962, Page 46

Sir Turi Carroll, Sixth Maori Knight Te Ao Hou, September 1962, Page 46

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