the waiapu maori church, representing the district from hicks bay to table cape (kahutara point), māhia peninsula, met at turanganui on 30 october 1870. there were eight clergymen present, seven of whom were māori, as well as māori laymen. william williams, who had been appointed the bishop of waiapū, ordained tūrei, and hare tawhaa of turanganui, as priests, and wi paraire of hicks bay and hone pohutu, as deacons.