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Mr Philip Samuel The death has occurred of Mr Philip Samuel, a Maori evangelist and elder of the Morrinsville district. Known to fellow Maoris as Weka and to Morrinsville's older identities as Billy Samuel, he began in 1931 to preach the gospel to members of his race in Morrinsville and later in all parts of New Zealand. He played an important part in taking Christianity into Maori homes, and witnessed the transformation from squalid living conditions to homes established in new houses. The burial took place in Rukumoana Cemetery where, as a last tribute, the hundreds of Maoris representing Dominion-wide tribes sang the hymn “How Great Thou Art.”

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Te Ao Hou, March 1963, Page 63

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Mr Philip Samuel Te Ao Hou, March 1963, Page 63

Mr Philip Samuel Te Ao Hou, March 1963, Page 63

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