Born: 13 January 1818, Gibraltar
Died: 26 September 1894, (aged 77), Napier, Hawkes Bay, NZ

Note regarding his name: [2]
To summarise, firstly Aron Cohen’s name became Henry Cohen, then Henry Cohen Pirani, then Henry Charles Pirani.


New Zealand Mail 5 October 1894
H. C. PIRANI.
Mr H. C. Pirani, whose death occurred on September 26, in Napier, at the age of 77, arrived in Victoria in 1854, and come to New Zealand in 1867, settling down in Hokitika in the palmy goldfields days. Since then he has been engaged in journalistic pursuits. For a time he edited the West Coast Times and other papers in Westland, and went to Napier in 1876 as sub - editoi of the Hawke’s Bay Herald, subsequently filling the editorial chair. He remained in harness almost till the last, being compelled only a few. weeks ago to give up the work he loved so well.

Mr Pirani was widely esteemed as a courteous gentleman, and a capable journalist of the old school, and both friends and opponents will regret the loss of one whom both could respect. A strong Conservative in politics he always respected the opinions of his opponents, and in writing to his son about his Liberalism not long ago, remarked that, although he regretted his views were not strictly in accord with his own, he hoped he would vote according to his convictions, as younger men saw the world with different eyes.

He leaves a widow and seven children, the eldest son being a solicitor in Melbourne, the second Mr Fred Pirani, M.H.R., Mr D. Pirani, manager of the Manawatu Standard, two sons in Napier, and one married and one unmarried daughter.

Henry Cohen Pirani
(later known as Henry Charles Pirani)
ca. 1880s [1]