Writer dies

Children’s writer Kerehi Waiariki (Dick) Grace, husband of author Patricia Grace, died last week aged 76. The Plimmerton couple had seven children, 27 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Dick Grace, a former teacher, wrote several children’s books, including

and collaborated with his wife to produce translations of Maori poetry in He died last Friday and his tangi was at Hongoeka Marae, Plimmerton, on Tuesday.