The original William Hobson was Lieutenant Governor of NZ for approximately 2 years in NZ was deeply religious and had a wife and family back in England. The Aupouri William Hobson or Wiremu Ropihana or Hopihana was born 5 years after the Governor left NZ, according o this legal death certificate. Hobson’s return to England was due to ill health and the time frame of the occurrences exempted him from fathering any nature offspring. It was quite common during the period of 1840 – 1865 to name Maori children after important high standing Europeans. The Aupouri William Hobson was brought up and educated at a missionary school in the Hokianga Area. This background assisted him in gaining a government job and a land holding known as Maxwell Grant a Paparore Northland. The later history of his Whanau is marred with tragedy, violence and sheer bad luck. The successors have a family cemetery at Paparore known as Lot 8 Maxwell’s Grant. This wahi tapu holds many secrets that have never been revealed through the whakapapa and future researches should be wary of delving into the past before of the makutu aspects. Be warned. Rangatira!