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Death of Mrs. K. Pai remembered maori wars The very last of her generation in Mangare, Whakaniko Hemi Pai, or to give her her pakeha name, Mrs Kitty Pai, died last Monday, aged 100 vear?. As one of high blood, she was taken to Taupiri, and her body given burial on Taupiri Mountain, the sacred burial ground of the "Waikato people. ^he was the daughter of Pheimana te Amohau, and the direct descendant of the ancient warrior chiefs, Taniwha and Tehiakai. She was a member of the leading sub-tribes of the Waikato, and connected with the principal tribes of Tamaki. Mrs Pai went right through the Waikato wars in the '60 's, and she was at Rangiaowhia when it was sacked by Iiiitish troops in 1863. There was born her first child, a son, Paho, who died a short time ago. She is survived by two sons, Jack and Robert Pai, and two daughters, Mrs Edwards, of Mangere, and Mrs Kirkwood. Mrs Pai was an old identity of Awhitu, Mangere. She lived there for the past 50 years. '
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 160, 24 July 1937, Page 7
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181100 YEARS OLD Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 160, 24 July 1937, Page 7
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