Piripi Kingi Karawai Patiki (1813–4 October 1881) was a teacher and missionary, who was blind. Of Māori descent, he was a rangatira (chief) of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe). He was born near Titoki in the Mangakahia Valley, Northland, New Zealand. Sir William Martin, the first chief justice of New Zealand, said of Piripi Patiki that he resembled the well-known bust of Socrates.
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1813 near Titoki, New Zealand
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4 October 1881 (aged 68) Waiparera, Hokianga, New Zealand
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