WELL-KNOWN MAORI DIES
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Rode in First Woman's Cycle Race in Napier
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WAIPAWA, Last Nght. Mrs Pansy Walker, wife of Mj William Walker, of Mataweka, who had been ailing for many montlis, passed away at the Tapairu Pa, Waipawa, yesterday. The late Mrs Walker was the daughter of Mr Kuropo Tareha, oi Waiohiki. In her young days she was keenly interested in athleties, and with her sis^ ter, she took part in the first women' s bicycle race held on the recreation ground in Napier in the nineties. During her residence at Mataweka the late Mrs Walker took a prominent part in all mov'ements for the advancement of tlie Maori race, and her happy personality was largely responsible for the cementing of ties of friendship between Pakeha and Maori. A tangi if> being held to-day, Natives being present from all parts of the province.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 210, 21 September 1937, Page 6
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147WELL-KNOWN MAORI DIES Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 210, 21 September 1937, Page 6
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