Pā Steve Hancy RIP

Thursday, June 22nd, 2017

Pā Steven Thomas Hancy was born in Wairoa on 23^rd September 1953 and passed away in Whanganui on 27^th May 2017.

Pā was ordained at Mohaka Marae by Bishop Peter Cullinane on 6 February 1988 and served in the parishes of Hawera, Taradale, New Plymouth, Patea and Waverley, Hastings West, Central Hawkes Bay and Whanganui. Continue reading

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