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WOMAN OF OPOTIKI MEMORIES OF HAUHAUS (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) OPOTIKI, Thursday The death has occurred of Opotiki’s oldest resident, Mrs Kateruri Matchitt, who was reputed to be 106 years old. She was over 30 years of age when the Rev. Carl Volkner was murdered at Opotiki in 1865. She was married to Colonel Gundry in Auckland, the witnesses being Colonel Balnevis and Major von Tempsky. Before the Rev. Volkner went to Opotiki Mrs Matchitt wartied him of the danger of hostile Maoris. When she learned that he had returned she and her brother, accompanied by some white sailors, went by sea to Opotiki. The missionary was murdered by the Hauhau leader Kereopa and the white sailors were captured to await a similar fate. Mrs Matchitt and her brother rescued them, in return for which they received large grants of land from the Government.
Mrs Matchitt, who lived all her life in Opotiki, retained a wonderful memory of the fighting during the Hauhau rebellion.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21205, 30 August 1940, Page 9
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167DIED AGED 106 Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21205, 30 August 1940, Page 9
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