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Mrs Okeroa Te Turi Mrs Okeroa Te Turi, thought to be 100 years old and possibly the oldest woman in the King Country, died at Taumarunui Hospital recently. Mrs Te Turi was born at Kakariki, near Marton, and went to Taumarunui with her parents and a sister when she was 12 or 13 years old. They walked from Kakariki viá Wanganui, at times using the river canoes, to reach Taumarunui. She is survived by her husband and a grown-up adopted family.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TAH196309.2.37.4

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Te Ao Hou, September 1963, Page 64

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Mrs Okeroa Te Turi Te Ao Hou, September 1963, Page 64

Mrs Okeroa Te Turi Te Ao Hou, September 1963, Page 64

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