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Rapunga Kupu Akoako: ko Mataka te Maunga; ko Ngakiriparauri, ko Pokoura te Awa; ko
Wharengaere me Kaihiki nga Kainga; ko Te Painga me Maramatuhi nga Urupa; ko Ngati Torehina te
Hapu; ko Ngapuhi te Iwi.

Rihi Wete Haare; was the only child of Wete Haare and Mere Ihaka, also known as "maama" by
the immediate whanau. She spent her early life in Wainui in the Bay of Islands with her husband
Haimona, eventually she moved with her husband and family to Pukepoto, Kaitaia. After the death of
her husband Haimona in 1936, she moved with her family to Tripoli Road, Auckland. She never
returned to the Far North until after her death. She used to spend time with the family on the farm in
Kumeu where all the kids used to go with her to the local river to fish for eels (Rihi was an expert at
catching eels). She also enjoyed smoking tobacco. She was very protective of the family and cared for
many of her mokopuna, at times she could be a strict disciplinarian. She passed away peacefully in her
sleep at home in Tripoli Road. Refer RIN4360.
Na Tamariki o te Marena:
+ 841 M i. Ponaute Puhipi [17] was born on 29 Aug 1921 in Pukepoto, died on 8 Sep 1998 in
Regency Rest Home, Auckland at age 77, and was buried on 11 Sep 1998 in
Rangihaukaha Urupa, Pukepoto.
+ 842 F ii. Mere Mary Haimona Puhipi [19] was born on 5 Aug 1923 in Pukepoto, died on 30
Apr 1948 in Whangaparoa Hospital, Kaeo at age 24, and was buried on 2 May 1948 in
Kaeo.
843 M iii. Leopold Puhipi [20] was born on 1 May 1924 in Matauri Bay, died
on 10 Apr 1945 in Italy at age 20, and was buried in British Empire
Cemetery, Faenza, Plot IV.G.8, Italy. The cause of his death was
Killed in Action WW11 Faenza.
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: Leopold Busby; Private #801608, enlisted in
the 28th Maori Battalion. He was killed in action 10April 1945 in
northern Italy in a town called Faenza. He was issued the 1939-45
Star, Italy Star, War Medal 1939-45, NZ War Service Medal for his
service. Leopold Puhipi

On 3 September 1943 the Allies invaded the Italian mainland, the
invasion coinciding with an armistice made with the Italians who then re-entered the war
on the Allied side. Following the fall of Rome to the Allies in June 1944, the German
retreat became ordered and successive stands were made on a series of defensive lines. In
the northern Appenine mountains the last of these, the Gothic Line, was breached by the
Allies during the Autumn campaign and the front inched forward as far as Ravenna in the
Adratic sector, but with divisions transferred to support the new offensive in France, and
the Germans dug in to a number of key defensive positions, the advance stalled as winter
set in. The war cemetery at Faenza was formed during these months for the burial of
those who were killed in the static fighting before the Allied advance was renewed in
April 1945. Faenza War Cemetery contains 1,152 Commonwealth burials of the Second
World War, 13 of which are unidentified.
+ 844 F iv. Apikera Haimona Riapo Puhipi [4] was born in 1929 in Matauri Bay, died on 4 Feb
1972 in 7 Doris St, BeachHaven, Auckland at age 43, and was buried on 7 Feb 1972 in
Mangere Cemetery, Row W, Plot 0023.
+ 845 F v. Raiha Eliza Elaine Winnifred Puhipi [21] was born in 1932 in Kaitaia, died on 27 Aug
1968 in Mater, Auckland at age 36, and was buried on 29 Aug 1968 in Mangere
Cemetery, Row F, Plot 43 (solely).