The Very Rev. Dean M. Alink

Te Ao Hou, June 1964, Page 63

The Very Rev. Dean M. Alink The Very Rev. Dean Martin Alink, or Pa Matene, who was connected with Catholic Maori Missions in the Auckland Diocese for 44 years, died last March in Auckland. He was local supervisor of the St. Joseph's Foreign Mission Society in New Zealand for 26 years, and was in charge of St. Peter's Maori Boys' College, at Northcote, for 25 years. Dean Alink was born in Amsterdam, Holland, and was ordained in 1919, arriving in New Zealand in the next year. He was first stationed at Waihi, near Tokaanu, then worked at Rotorua, Te Puna and Putaruru. He was a competent carpenter, and built several churches. Dean Alink was the founder of the St. Joseph's Maori Mission Guild, and in 1947 was decorated for his work by the Netherlands Government. Before his burial he lay in state at St. Peter's College and then at the residence of the Maori missioners in Auckland, where his tangi was held. The late Mr Hone Heke Rankin