Former rugby player and retired Māori Anglican bishop Muru Walters has passed away at the age of 89.
Muru Walters Cause of death
Muru Walters passed away peacefully at his home in Mangawhai on Wednesday, February 14, 2024. There was no cause of death given.
Muru Walters’s obituary information
Muru Walters’s funeral service will be held at Holy Sepulchre church, Khyber Pass Road, New Market, Auckland at 3 pm on Monday, February 19, 2024.
Muru Walters was born in Kaitaia. He is affiliated with Te Rarawa and Te Aupōuri iwi. A talented rugby player, Walters represented New Zealand Māori and won the Tom French Cup for the Māori rugby union player of the year in 1957.
Muru Walters studied at Auckland Teachers’ College. After working in arts and crafts education in schools, he became a lecturer in art at Dunedin Teachers’ College. In 1980, Walters completed a master’s degree in Māori archaeology at the University of Otago. He was later a lecturer in Māori Studies at St John’s Theological College in Auckland. In October 2020, Walters was made a Life Fellow of Selwyn College Dunedin.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
