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MRS EMMA TAINUI One of the most distinguished Maori women in the South Island has died. She was Mrs Emma Tainui, the widow of Hoani te Waewae Tainui, who in turn was a grandson of Werita Tainui, paramount chief on the West Coast in the early days of Pakeha settlement. Of her twelve children three are living—Mrs O. Mason, Mrs Emma Weepu, and Mr Tuhuru Tainui. Mrs Tainui belonged to the Piper family, of Rapaki, near Lyttelton.

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Te Ao Hou, April 1956, Page 3

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MRS EMMA TAINUI Te Ao Hou, April 1956, Page 3

MRS EMMA TAINUI Te Ao Hou, April 1956, Page 3

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