PRINCESS PIUPIU WHERO--WHERO
j ' (By Telegrapli— .i'resa .Association )
i : . v ■ " 'HAMILTON, ' This Day.; > i Prin'e.css , Piupiu "Wherowhero,1 granfU fdaugiiter of lving .Tawfiiao, - died.','suddciify "at Aiapuhi • Pa* on .'Fnd'ay," at tlie ag¥of;0y. .Princess Piupiu, who .was a". c'busin of, Princcss' To. Pu ea "Herangi, was 'ai.the timo' of licr death' engaged' iupon; the building . of .tho. Arqpuni 'Pa v "xvhich is now "th'e home of ' more thaa* 'lQO Maor'is.' Her death lias.beem greatiy; mourned .by the.ehtire Maori racbj who. lo'oketl upoh- hcr-as ra distinguished. leader. Princess Piupiu 's father .was Te Wherowheio "Tawjiiao, ' of ! the Ngatimahuia tribe, -brother of lving Mahuta/ and her'.mother was Tamirangi Manaia,of the, Ngati-tamaoho tribe'. A leader in the Ratana movement, Princess Piupiu • always endeavoured - to instill its religious spirit in" her -people.' A- large number of Maoris liavo come from' various parts-of tho Waikato distfict and a tangi 'will'be held'at Huntly to-morrOw. The buri'al will take place at Taupiri. - Princess Piupiu is survived by her husloand, Mr Hikaka Hetet, of , Te Kuiti, seven sons and three daughters. . The features of her : grandf ather^ • King ■ Tawhiao, are -familiar to: New -Zea- ; 1 anders •* from ^the ■ engraving » upon : the = Eoscrve Banlt xiots.-issue; . . , . :
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 34, 3 November 1937, Page 6
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