Mr Rangi K. Utiku The death occurred on June 22nd of Mr Rangi K. Utiku, a Taihape resident well-known in athletic circles. He was vice-president and official coach of the Taihape Amateur Athletic Club, and the holder of the N.Z. Athletic Association coaching badge. He was in charge of the jumping events when the N.Z. athletic championships were last held in Palmerston North. He was a former member of the Taihape School Committee, and was also prominent in Anglican Church activities, until recently being vicar's warden.

Mr T. T. S. Pratt The death occurred at the New Plymouth Hospital recently of a well-known former Waitara Maori concert party leader and Rugby enthusiast, Mr Tani Tangitehinga Sunny Pratt, aged 49. Himself a son of a widely renowned haka leader, Mr Pratt formed two major concert parties during his life, the last of which was discontinued at Waitara three years ago after a life of seven or eight years when a number of its members left the district. He was also one of the hardest-working members of the Atiawa Rugby Football Club, to which he devoted many years. He is survived by his wife and two children.

Mr Te Rakaupai Te Akau An elder of Ngati Hinemihi, Te Rakaupai Te Akau, died recently at Kauriki near Manunui, King Country. Te Rakaupai was the eldest son of Eruera Te Akau, a leading elder of the Ngati Hinemihi subtribe of Ngati Tuwharetoa and Maniopoto tribes. He farmed on his own land at Kauriki near Manunui. The tangi was held at Kauriki marae.

Mrs Te Pura Taka The death occurred on May 4 of Mrs Te Pura Taka, wife of Mr George Taka, of Prospect Terrace, Pukekohe. Mrs Taka was a foundation member and past-president of the Maori Women's Welfare League—of which she was a representative of the Honouring Age Committee—a member of the Tribal School Committee in Maori Welfare work in Pukekohe. Mrs Taka also played a prominent part in the Queen Carnival which raised funds for the Maori Hall in Pukekohe. She was highly respected by both Maori and Pakeha residents, and her passing will leave a tremendous gap in Maori welfare work. Mrs Taka is survived by her husband and three children.

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