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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1466/
- Published: 2026-04-28T18:30:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-28T18:30:06.000Z
- Description: The 85-year-old’s remarkable life was cut short on Saturday morning in a crash near Ngongotahā on his way to the Ōhinemutu dawn parade in Rotorua to honour the Anzacs.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> He was a star representative rugby and tennis player, a husband, father, kaumātua and friend. Dinny Mohi was a legend.  
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> The 85-year-old’s remarkable life was cut short on Saturday morning in a crash near Ngongotahā on his way to the Ōhinemutu dawn parade in Rotorua to honour the Anzacs.  
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> Mohi, whose full name is [Dinny Ratema Mohi Morehu](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/mohi-a-mainstay-of-maori-tennis/26BZU7Q2E5ZB2QOQGLIM6PRP2A/?ref=goodoil.news), was a former Māori All Blacks captain and member of the team for more than a decade.  
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> Starting his rugby at Old Boys in Rotorua, the talented prop represented Bay of Plenty from 1961 to 1977, playing 156 matches.  
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> After hanging up his boots, he picked up a tennis racket and became a familiar face at the Aotearoa Māori Tennis Championships.  
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> His contribution was formally recognised when he was made a Life Member of Māori Tennis by the Kīngitanga at Ngāruawāhia.  
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> Outside of sport, he was a respected kaumātua of Ngāti Rangiwewehi and Ngāti Tūwharetoa, husband of 65 years to Val, and father to Dean Mohi, Wendy Mohi and Huia Mohi-Kearney. He had eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren and was the late [Mita Mohi’s](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/beautiful-man-mita-mohi-dies/VNPXI547EJCCCA6AWNT6FECR44/?ref=goodoil.news) brother.  
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> NZ Herald

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