Hurae Wehipene McLEAN [Barney McLEAN and Hurae MAKARINI]

1916 - 1938  (22 years)

• Name	Hurae Wehipene McLEAN
  Known As	Barney McLEAN and Hurae MAKARINI
  Birth	1916	Uruti, Taranaki, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1938  [2]
  	Public Works Department worker, Rahotu, Taranaki
  Death	17 Nov 1938	New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand   [1]
  	Cause: Motor Accident
  Person ID	I16622	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2021

  
  

  Family	Veronica DODUNSKI,   b. 08 Aug 1916, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand d. 04 Mar 2010, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	20 Apr 1937	Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F5527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1916 - Uruti, Taranaki, New Zealand Marriage - 20 Apr 1937 - Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand Death - Cause: Motor Accident - 17 Nov 1938 - New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  PEDESTRIAN INJURED ACCIDENT AT RAHOTU MOTOR-CAR OVERTURNED Injuries to a pedestrian, now a patient in the New Plymouth Hospital, and damage to a horsetrap and two motor-vehicles are the results of a remarkable train of accidents which occurred at an early hour on the Main South Road near Rahotu yesterday morning. Minor injuries also were suffered by the two occupants of one of the cars, but these were not serious. It is believed that the injured man, Barnev MacLean, a Maori, was struck by the car which was proceeding in the same direction as he was walking. The driver of the car, Hapi Hana, who was accompanied by his brother Mu Hana, both of them being Maoris, endeavoured to avoid MacLean, and the swerve was responsible for the car overturning beside the road. The Hana brothers had been returning from an eel-fishing expedition in some of the streams, north of Rahotu, and their catch was spilled out on the road as the vehicle capsized. Constables W. F. Antill and H. Shields were summoned to the scene of the accident, just south of the Rahotu factory, and Dr. T. N. Watt arrived to attend to the injured. MacLean was found to be suffering from facial abrasions, a leg injury and possibly slight concussion, and his transfer to the New Plymouth Hospital was later made by ambulance. Mu Hana suffered a cut on the head, and his brother minor cuts and abrasions, both receiving medical attention before being sent home. The motorcar suffered fairly extensive damage. Later the accident was indirectly responsible for another collision, involving a horse-trap and a milk-lorry. Apparently the attention of both drivers, was distracted by the overturned car beside the road, and the two vehicles came into contact, some damage resulting. No one was injured on this occasion. DEATH OF VICTIM, Injuries Prove Fatal The death occurred in the New Plymouth Hospital last night, following his admission earlier in the day, of Huera (Barney) MacLean, aged 22 years, the injuries received as a result of the accident reported above, proving fatal. A well-known young Maori, deceased was employed bv the Public Works Department at Rahotu, and it is understood that his home was at Uruti. Source: Opunake Times, 18 November 1938, Page 2. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1784] Papers Past - Opunake Times, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. 18 November 1938, Page 2 [S1784] Papers Past - Opunake Times, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006). [S951] NZSG Members, NZSG Kiwi Collection v2.0 - NZSG Certificates Collection, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc.).