Modified Register for Emma Paerata DRIVER
First Generation
1. Emma Paerata DRIVER was born in Oct 1845 in At the Carpenter house, Whareakeake, Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand. She died on 9 Sep 1877 in Stewart Island, New Zealand. She was buried in Old Urupa, Stewart Island, New Zealand.
RESIDENCE: Purakanui/Port Chalmers 1865. Ruapuke 1867.
Emma married1 (1) John TREGERTHEN son of A TREGERTHEN Captain on 5 Mar 1863 in Bluff, Southland, New Zealand. John was born about 1833 in Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom. He died2 on 31 Jul 1866 in Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand. He was buried on 1 Aug 1866 in Old Cemetery, Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand.
Mariner and at one time, from the Otago Police Gazette of 1 Feb 1865 on page 9, he was a constable of Water Police. It is his discharge that is recorded. He lived and worked in Bluff and in 1865 Port Chalmers. Some of the members of later generations gave the name TREGERTHEN a Maori form and changed it to TIRIKATENE.
John and Emma had the following children: + 2 F i. Mary David TREGERTHEN was born on 17 Dec 1863. + 3 M ii. John Driver TREGERTHEN was born in 1865. He died in 1941. Emma had the following children: 4 M iii. Edward TREGERTHEN was born on 12 Sep 1867. He was christened on 1 Dec 1867 in Ruapuke Mission, Stewart Island, New Zealand. He died on 14 Jul 1869 in Ruapuke, Stewart Island, New Zealand.
Emma married4 (3) William Timaru JOSS3 son of Captain James Alexander JOSS and Caroline PUWAITAHA on 18 Jun 1870 in Schoolhouse, Ruapuke Mission, Stewart Island, New Zealand. William was born in 1844 in Stewart Island, New Zealand. He died on 24 Dec 1895 in Stewart Island, New Zealand. He was buried in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
OCCUPATION: Seaman 1870-77. Mariner 1881.
RESIDENCE: The Neck, Stewart Island 1845-72-77.
DEATH: Drowned at Stewart Island.
BIOGRAPHY: ~ Information supplied by Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan. Emma had married William Joss. By the time her son, John Driver Tregerthen, was 14 years old his 'cruel stepfather, Joss' forced him to skipper Joss's boat in often treacherous weather, that son told his children and grandchildren (From painting in J. D. Tregerthen's home, it must have been a sailing
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William and Emma had the following children: 5 M iv. William JOSS was born5 on 10 Jul 1871 in Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, New Zealand. He died about 1891 in England.
MARRIAGE: Never Married.
William married Lena KORUARUA in 1907 in New Zealand. Lena was born about 1886 in New Zealand. She died on 3 Jan 1916 in Bluff, Southland, New Zealand. She was buried on 5 Jan 1916 in Bluff Cemetery, Bluff, Southland, New Zealand.
NameLENA JOSS AGE AT DEATH30 Years ClassificationGENERAL OCCUPATION GENDERFEMALE DATE OF DEATH03-Jan-1916 LAST ADDRESSBLUFF Note CemeteryBLUFF CEMETERY UNDERTAKER BLOCK MAP DATE OF BURIAL05-Jan-1916 CREMATION DATE BLOCK5 PLOT133. InscriptionPlot 133 No headstone All Records for Same Plot JOSS LENA 30 Years, 1916 NEILSON Walter Martinius Tamaio 1 Years, 1915
6 M v. John Isaiah JOSS was born6 on 26 Nov 1876 in Stewart Island, New Zealand. He died about 1882 in Stewart Island.
Emma married (4) Tutehonuku KORAKO after 1876.
Sources 1. Notice of Marriage for Emma Driver/John Tregerthan (newspaper), 'Otago Daily Times', 6 Mar 1863, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. " Notice in 'Otago Daily Times' 6 Mar 1863. 'On 5th inst. John Tregerthan, youngest son of Captain A Tregerthan late Harbour Master, Llanelly, to Miss Emma Driver, youngest daughter of Mr R Driver Posakanui [sic - Purakanui]'." 2. Death and Burial of John Tregerthen (transcript), Port Chalmers Old Cemetery 1858-1932, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, 230 Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "Port Chalmers Old Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Combined Records of Burial Reg. & Sextons Book. 1858-1932.
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 2 page 9. Index 110 TREGERTHEN John Class 2. Died 31 July 1866, aged 33 years, of disease of kidneys, a mariner. Resident of Port Chalmers. Born Wales, ENG. Last came from Victoria. Lived 4 years in the province. Remarks: Sxt bk = buried class 2; Bur Reg blank." 3. edited by Jane Thompson. Original Essay written by Ulva Belsham, Entry in 'Southern People, a Dictionary of Otago Southland Biography' for William Timaru Joss (Published by Longacre Press, Dunedin for 150th Anniversary of Otago, 1998.), page 262, 1998, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "James Joss left two sons with their mother Puwaitha on Stewart Island. They also became well-known seafarers. William Timaru Joss (1844-1895) captained the mailboat 'Ulva' between Stewart Island and Bluff for many years before drowning at the entrance to Halfmoon Bay." 4. Record of Marriage for William JOSS/Emma Driver (transcript), Ruapuke Registers. Marriages 1858-1880 kept by Rev. Wohlers. No 46, 18 Jun 1870, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "Transcript Ref - 120 No. 46 18 June 1870 in the Schoolhouse at Ruapuke. William JOSS, 25 years, seaman, bachelor. to Emma TREGERTHAN, 25 years, widow. Witnesses - William COUPAR. Solomon TE KAPI." 5. Baptism Record for William JOSS (transcript), Ruapuke Registers. Baptism. Ref 356, 10 Jul 1871, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "William JOSS. Born 10 July 1871. Boy of mixed race. Of Patersons Inlet, Stewart Island. Father - William JOSS half caste. Mother - Emma JOSS formerly TREGERTHAN. Baptised 15 February 1872. Godparents - Isachar MAPEPE, Henry KING, Henrietta WAITIRI." 6. Baptism Record for John Isaiah JOSS (transcript), Ruapuke Registers. Baptism. Ref 398, 11 Mar 1877, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "JOSS. John Isaiah. Born 26 November 1876. Boy of mixed race. Of Stewart Island. Father - William JOSS half caste seaman. Mother - Emma JOSS formerly TREGERTHAN half caste. Baptised 11 March 1877 in the school house at Ruapuke. Godparents - John WILLIAMS, John OWENS, Gretchen WOHLERS, Victoria LEVI."
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2. Mary David TREGERTHEN (Emma Paerata) was born on 17 Dec 1863 in Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand.
BIRTH. Otago Daily Times , Issue 629, 23 December 1863, Page 4 BIRTH. On the 17th instant, at Port Chalmers, Mrs Emma Tregerthen, wife of Mr John Tregerthen, of a daughter.
Mary had the following children: + 7 M i. John Edward TREGERTHEN was born on 30 Jun 1882. He died in 1947.
Mary married (2) James Arthur FROST in 1896 in New Zealand.
3. John Driver TREGERTHEN (Emma Paerata) was born in 1865 in Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand. He died in 1941 in New Zealand.
John was a ship's captain.
Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 Otago Daily Times , Issue 8260, 13 August 1888, Page 1 LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Parcel of LAND herinafter described will be brought under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act 18(8)5" unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one calender month next after the 19th July 1888: - Section 136, town of Port Chalmers, John Driver Tregerthen, applicant. Unoccupied. No. 3850. Diagrams may be inspected at this Office. Dated this 8th day of August 1888. At the Lands Registry Office. Dunedin H. Turton, District Land Registrar.
John married Tini Noti Tuhuru Arapata HORAU. Tini was born about 1886 in New Zealand. She died in 1953 in New Zealand. They had the following children: + 8 M i. Hon. Sir Eruera Tihema Te Aika TIRIKATENE M.P. K.C.M.G. was born on 3 Jan 1895. He died on 11 Jan 1967. + 9 F ii. Ema TREGERTHEN. + 10 M iii. John Henley TREGERTHEN was born on 4 Jan 1898. He died on 1 Feb 1978. + 11 F iv. Wikitoria Tauraka TREGERTHEN. + 12 F v. Mataara Matateka TREGERTHEN was born on 17 Feb 1900. She died in 1987.
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 4 + 13 F vi. Ria Te Wera TREGERTHEN. + 14 F vii. Nash TREGERTHEN. + 15 F viii. Te-Rauwhakahinau TREGERTHEN died on 4 Jan 2000. + 16 M ix. John William TREGERTHEN. + 17 F x. Ismalia Devonport TREGERTHEN.
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7. John Edward TREGERTHEN "Ted" (Mary David TREGERTHEN, Emma Paerata) was born on 30 Jun 1882 in The Neck. Stewart Island, New Zealand. He died in 1947 in New Zealand. He was buried on 4 Dec 1947 in Picton Cemetery, Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand.
Born Edward TREGERTHAN and adopted by Arthur Frost. John was reared by his grandmothers sister, Maria Mouat of Purakanui.
John was an Engineer. He gained his Certificate in Engineering (3rd class) in March 1910.
John Ed Tregerthen Given Names John Ed Surname Tregerthen Age 65Y Occupation Religion Date of Death Date of Burial 4 Dec 1947 Cemetery Picton Cemetery Division Lawn Burial Block Number 3 Row Number Plot Number 66 Plot Key 14064 Warrant Number 34687 Funeral Director Myles & Son Ltd.
John married (1) Eliza Brodie Gordon MCPHERSON on 24 Jan 1912 in Knox Church, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Eliza was born in Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand. She died in 1923 in New Zealand. She was buried on 29 May 1923 in Picton Cemetery, Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand.
Brodie Gordon Tregerthen Given Names Brodie Gordon Surname Tregerthen Age 41Y Occupation Religion Date of Death Date of Burial 29 May 1923 Cemetery Picton Cemetery Division Lawn Burial Block Number 17 Row Number Plot Number 14 Plot Key 2293 Warrant Number 34685
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John and Eliza had the following children: 18 F i. Brodie TREGERTHEN "Betty" was born on 21 Nov 1912 in Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand.
BIOGRAPHY: Son John Bugard gives mother's name as Brodie Gordon Bungard nee Orlowski, Tregerthen.
Brodie married (1) Cyril Andrew ORLOWSKI in 1948 in New Zealand. The marriage ended in divorce.Cyril was born on 4 Jun 1904 in New Zealand. He died on 8 Jun 1987 in Milton, Otago, New Zealand. He was buried in Waihola Cemetery, Waihola, Otago, New Zealand.
RGO Deaths 1987/37949 Orlowski Cyril Andrew b.7 June 1904
Otago Miscellaneous Cemeteries Name ORLOWSKI Cyril Andrew Date 8 Jun 1987 Place Milton Details Waihola Cemetery Age 83 Aka N/A Spouse N/A Parents late August & Julia Orlowski Further enquiries to Otago Daily Times Newspaper
Brodie married (2) Julius BUNGARD. Julius was born on 30 Nov 1892 in New Zealand. He died on 5 Feb 1962 in Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand. He was buried in Waihola, Otago, New Zealand.
1972/31733 Bungard Julius b.30 November 1892
John married (2) Isobel Gradley JENNINGS. Isobel was born about 1889. She died in 1953 in New Zealand. She was buried on 28 Oct 1953 in Picton Cemetery, Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand.
Isobell Gradley Tregerthen Given Names Isobell Gradley Surname Tregerthen Age 65Y
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 7 Occupation Religion Date of Death Date of Burial 28 Oct 1953 Cemetery Picton Cemetery Division Lawn Burial Block Number 3 Row Number Plot Number 67 Plot Key 14119 Warrant Number 34686 Funeral Director Myles & Son Ltd.
John and Isobel had the following children: 19 F ii. Alice TREGERTHEN was born about 1926 in New Zealand. She died in 1958 in New Zealand. 20 F iii. Mary TREGERTHEN. Mary married K DAVIS.
8. Hon. Sir Eruera Tihema Te Aika TIRIKATENE M.P. K.C.M.G. (John Driver TREGERTHEN, Emma Paerata) was born on 3 Jan 1895 in Te Rakiwhakaputa pa, Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand. He died on 11 Jan 1967 in Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand. He was buried in Jan 1967 in Kai-a-te-Atua cemetery, Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand.
"The true aristocrat is respected for his virtues and, of those, selfless concern for others, and humility are the greatest."
Eruera Tihema Te Aika Tirikatene (baptised Edward December Tregerthen, described as European). He changed his name and put his age up to get to World War I, having been declined as being too young by the Kaiapoi Recruiting Officer who was also one of his Kaiapoi High School teachers. Being a crack horseman, he rode to the Hanmer Recruiting Office, determined to transliterate " Tregerthen" to "Tirikatene". He was duly signed on at Hanmer. His children are the only descendants other than him, to take the name, and only their sons and grandsons keep that name. The rest of his family kept the name Tregerthen, although it was originally "Tregarthen" it would seem, from research in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, south of Landsend, England. Whetu Tirikatene- Sullivan researched this area, visiting it also.
Sir Eruera was member of Parliament for the Southern Maori Electorate from 1928 - 1967 and was made a Knight Commander of St. Mary and St. George in 1960.
The above information was supplied by daughter Whetu Tirikatnen-Sullivan.
Essay from "The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography" vol. 4 (1998). WHETU TIRIKATENE-SULLIVAN and ANGELA BALLARA
Tirikatene, Eruera Tihema Te Aika 1895–1967
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 8 Ngai Tahu; farmer, marine engineer, Ratana leader, politician By Angela Ballara Biography Edward James Te Aika Tregerthen, later known as Eruera Tihema Tirikatene, was born on 5 January 1895 at Te Rakiwhakaputa pa near Kaiapoi. His father, a carpenter, later a skipper of boats, wheat farmer and minister of religion, was John Driver Tregerthen. He had been one of the apostles of the South Island prophet Hipa Te Maiharoa and was to become the first South Island apostle of T. W. Ratana. John Tregerthen's mother, Emma Driver, derived her high rank in Ngai Tahu, Ngati Mamoe and Waitaha from her mother, Motoitoi, of Otago. His wife, Eruera’s mother, was Tini Noti Tuhuru Arapata Horau (Jane Albert) of Ngai Tahu; she was descended by senior lines from the ancestor Tuhuru of Westland, and was also related to Ngati Toa of Porirua. A strong influence on Eruera in his childhood was Aperahama Te Aika, his great-uncle, who, with his wife, Mere Titawa, had brought up Eruera's mother. Eruera spent long periods with them at Tuahiwi, where he learned whakapapa and traditional lore including knowledge and fear of the powers of tohunga. Eruera was the eldest son; his birth was said to end a curse against the birth of male first- born which derived from the taking of the West Coast by Tuhuru. Eruera and his siblings were afraid of the occult powers of their mother; he came to reject these powers as a threatening and intimidating force. Eruera's mother was Catholic but his father was Anglican, and Eruera attended St Stephen's Anglican Church at Tuahiwi; later, despite the long horse rides required, he was a keen participant in the Christchurch cathedral boys' choir. His membership ceased abruptly when he was punished for the pranks of other boys, leaving him with a sense of resentment against the Anglican church and injustice and a void in his religious attendance. He was educated at Kaiapoi Native School and at Kaiapoi District High School. At these schools he was punished for speaking Maori and later came to resent having been forced to regard it as a second language. While at school he was a foundation member of the first boy scout patrol established in New Zealand. He was a good athlete and participated in many sports. About 1909 Eruera left school and became a cadet on a sheep farm at Hanmer, followed by a stint as a horse-breaker and stock dealer. About 1913 he moved to Wairarapa as a marriage had been arranged for him with the chiefly Te Whaiti family; the girl died before it could take place, but he continued on there as a horse-breaker, riding in local rodeos. He won a rodeo championship under the name Jim Tregerthen. In 1914 he was too young to volunteer for the armed forces, so he rode to a recruiting station where he was unknown, and gave his name as Eruera Tirikatene, and falsified his age. He left for service abroad with the second Maori Contingent, and after three years in Egypt and France with the New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, he was promoted to sergeant. He was noted for his courage, bringing in wounded on his back while under fire. He initiated the Battalion band, playing the cornet. Discharged from the army on 7 May 1919, he settled at Kaiapoi on four acres of land his father had purchased for him out of his accumulated army pay. On 17 December 1919, at Lyttelton, Eruera married Ruti Matekino Solomon (Horomona), daughter of Ngai Tahu chief Aperahama Tupahu Tahuna Horomona and his wife, Miria Henrici, a woman of rank from Ngati Pahauwera hapu of Ngati Kahungunu. The couple were to have 12 children, though two did not survive to adulthood. After his marriage and working with his brother-in-law, Rangi Solomon, Tirikatene set up a number of profitable commercial concerns: a dairy farm, a timber-milling business, a fishing fleet and two small ferries running between Port Levy and Lyttelton; this required him to become a certificated marine engineer. During these years Rangi Solomon became a follower of the spiritual leader T. W. Ratana, and induced his mother, Miria, who was suffering from the effects of a failed operation, to visit the healer.
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 9 Following her cure, the Solomon family remained at Ratana pa. Eruera and his family visited them in 1921. His multiple skills attracted the attention of Ratana (known as the Mangai), who asked Eruera to stay and predicted ‘a big thing’ for him. He marked out a house site for him, one of only two plots granted outside the Ratana family. Eruera, or Tiri, as he became known from his time at Ratana pa, was reluctant, alarmed by the religious leader's tohunga-like prediction regarding his future. Ratana saw a more important role for Tiri than his commercial ventures, and, mainly to assist his wife's family, Tiri agreed to stay. His skills were put to good use as he took charge of machinery and harvesting arrangements. Under his direction hundreds of acres were cultivated and many tons of wheat and potatoes produced. He was involved in starting the Ratana Morehu Silver Band, and also used his skills in dentistry. Gradually he became a firm adherent of Ratana, being personally tutored by the Mangai in his home. He was attracted by Ratana's plans to free Maori from the fear of the powers of makutu possessed by tohunga, to use the Treaty of Waitangi to seek statutory equality and justice for Maori, and to put into Parliament Maori MPs who would work for changes to legislation inspired by the treaty. Tirikatene began to consider that the Mangai was a man inspired by God. The new life at Ratana pa meant changes for the Tirikatene family. In the South Island they had been comparatively affluent; for the next 12 to 14 years Tirikatene was without any income. Even after his election to Parliament in 1932, he handed over his parliamentary pay to the Ratana movement according to a covenant imposed by the Mangai. At Ratana pa it was regarded as a privilege to serve. Tiri's children were born without medical assistance; he was 'midwife' for almost all of them. His South Island family assisted with gifts of money and produce, but the family at Ratana pa knew poverty. For 17 years Tirikatene was one of Ratana's closest confidants. Valued at first mainly for his practical and organising skills, he was appointed by Ratana to lead the movement's inner councils on political matters. In 1928, when Ratana was selecting his four koata (quarters – his parliamentary candidates), Tirikatene was a natural choice for Southern Maori. Ratana bestowed on him the name Te Omeka (Omega), a name with special significance to Ratana signifying Tiri's close relationship to him. But even after Tiri's selection, the wheat harvest kept him at Ratana pa; there was no time to canvass his electorate or even to vote. In 1928 he missed election by the vote of the returning officer. In 1930 Ratana appointed Tirikatene to the executive committee of the Ratana federation. In August 1931 he again appointed Tirikatene as candidate for Southern Maori; his policy was to be recognition of the Treaty of Waitangi and justice in settling Maori land grievances. A photograph taken at the time shows his dashing good looks and wavy hair. In September and October 1931 Tirikatene and the other koata – Haami Tokouru Ratana, Paraire Paikea and Pita Moko – negotiated with the New Zealand Labour Party on whether to become full members of the party or to retain the status of independent associates. The latter position was adopted. The election, held on 1 December, saw Tirikatene narrowly defeated by Tuiti Makitanara. Negotiations continued with the Labour Party, and early in 1932 a special committee, including Tirikatene, was put in place to set down Maori claims under the Treaty of Waitangi; it was hoped that Harry Holland, the party's leader, would present them to Parliament. Holland visited Ratana pa in April 1932 and pledged to put Ratana's petitions and covenant before the Labour Party. But before further progress could be made Tuiti Makitanara died suddenly in June 1932, and Tirikatene won the subsequent by-election. Waves of excitement rippled through the Ratana movement; at last the Mangai had a voice in Parliament. Ratana, his family and others – altogether a party of 57, later swelled by Ratana supporters from all over the country – escorted the koata triumphantly to Wellington. Toko Ratana and Paraire Paikea remained in Wellington to assist him. On 29 September Tirikatene made his maiden speech in the House, declaring his party to be the Ratana party, and immediately introducing
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 10 the subject of the Treaty of Waitangi as he had sworn to do. In Parliament Tirikatene frequently defended Ratana's aims and the administration of Ratana pa. In 1932 he presented the Ratana petition asking for the Treaty of Waitangi to receive statutory recognition. He took every opportunity to introduce the treaty into debates, several times reading out its three clauses. He spoke on the Ngai Tahu claim nearly every year and sometimes, in the absence or silence of the current member for Western Maori, he related the history of the confiscation grievances of Waikato and Taranaki. Tirikatene's major concern was the poverty of his people. From 1932 to 1935 he spoke many times about Maori unemployment and the inadequate and discriminatory rates paid to Maori for relief work, pensions and family allowances, and drew attention to the need for a comprehensive Maori housing scheme. He demanded that Maori be allowed to qualify in their trades and rise in the ranks of the Native Department and favoured the secret ballot for Maori. He complained of the inefficiency of the Native Trust Office, the Native Department and the native land boards. Although from the outset Tirikatene blamed the government rather than the native minister, Apirana Ngata, for discriminating against Maori and under-resourcing the department, Ngata was quick to take offence. He opposed Tirikatene's appointment to the Waitangi National Trust Board, promoting instead the candidacy of the Maori King. Ngata's poor relations with Ratana, and Harry Holland's support for Tirikatene's objectives, inclined Tiri to pursue a formal alliance with the Labour Party, and after he had been joined in Parliament in the 1935 election by Toko Ratana for Western Maori, the Mangai agreed. Tirikatene made the formal approach on 4 December 1935 by applying to join the party; Toko Ratana followed, and despite opposition from some of the non-Ratana Maori Labour supporters, from February 1936 they attended the Labour caucus. As a supporter of the newly elected Labour government Tirikatene could influence the party's Maori policy. On 16 April 1936 he was appointed chairman of its Maori Organising Committee, which was intended to promote membership of the party in all electorates but also act as a Maori policy committee. Tirikatene circulated a letter to all Labour MPs demanding that it be Labour Party policy that relief work rates be the same for Maori and Pakeha. The abolition of discrimination against Maori and the establishment of genuine racial equality was one of Tirikatene's primary aims. His parliamentary speeches from 1936 reflect his unabashed joy, relief and gratitude at the racial equality inherent in the government's social welfare legislation. He attacked racism in all its forms throughout his parliamentary career. Tirikatene also took every opportunity to push his right to address the House in Maori. He was initially permitted to do so and was later very bitter against the National government when their Speaker changed that ruling. He continued speaking in Maori. In 1937 Tirikatene visited England, representing Maori at the coronation of George VI and attending the Empire Parliamentary Association conference. At the next coronation, of Elizabeth II, he provoked controversy with his claim that although 10 Maori happened to be in the armed services section of the New Zealand contingent, there was no official delegate of the Maori people. In 1938 he was re-elected for Southern Maori with an increased majority. The following year the Mangai died. Prior to his death Tiri, always renowned for his physical strength, had carried him bodily up Mt Taranaki for one last visit to Te Rere o Kapuni, the stream that held great spiritual significance for Ratana. Toko Ratana, the Mangai's spiritual successor and kai-arahi (leader), was also Tirikatene's parliamentary colleague. He was a humble, gentle man and accepted Tirikatene's political leadership. Late in 1940 Prime Minister Peter Fraser decided to appoint a Maori to the war cabinet. Fraser made it clear that he favoured Tirikatene, but Paraire Paikea, who had gained the Northern Maori seat in 1938, canvassed support for himself among the Auckland Labour MPs; he was duly appointed.
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 11 Pleased at least that a Maori was in the cabinet, though disturbed by Paikea's display of personal ambition, Tirikatene supported Paikea in the House and worked with him to set up the Maori War Effort Organisation. When Paikea died in April 1943, Tirikatene became member of the Executive Council representing the Native Race and, later, chairman of a parliamentary committee overseeing the Maori War Effort Organisation. Tirikatene was keen to continue this new experience for modern Maori – running their own affairs – after the war. But while he worked on proposals for extending the organisation’s work into peacetime and keeping control in Maori hands, the government planned to create an agency controlled by the Native Department. Tirikatene and the Ratana MPs called a conference at the Ngati Poneke Maori Association club rooms in October 1944, followed by others at Opoutama and Ratana pa; his plans endorsed there, Tiri, assisted by his unofficial secretary, Ralph Love, drafted a bill for Maori social and economic reconstruction, which would have set up a national Maori welfare and reconstruction agency in which tribally elected and district councils utilised government resources to conduct Maori affairs. The bill, eventually passed as the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1945, took in many aspects of Tiri's draft, but was a disappointment to him; the independence of the tribal committees and executives was undermined by departmental supervision. After the 1946 election Maori expected Tirikatene to be native minister, but the prime minister, Peter Fraser, took the position himself; Tirikatene remained as member of the Executive Council representing the Maori Race. He put the views of the Maori MPs on the administration of Maori affairs to the Labour caucus in 1947. Only cosmetic changes took place, the word 'Maori' replacing 'native' in government activity; Tirikatene himself was made minister in charge of the printing and stationery department, a palpable sop to Maori disappointment. Tirikatene achieved some successes in the period from 1946 to 1949. A settlement was made in the Waikato–Maniapoto claim, and the Taranaki deal was completed. Almost every year from his election Tirikatene had related the grim details of the Ngai Tahu claim in the House and demanded redress. He realised the financial limitations, however, and accepted the £300,000 given in the Ngaitahu Claim Settlement Act 1944. He had conducted more than 80 meetings to get Ngai Tahu consent. Tirikatene was appointed president of the Ngaitahu Trust Board. From 1949 to 1957 Tirikatene was in opposition, his role largely confined to guiding the other Ratana MPs and acting as chairman of the Maori Advisory Council and Maori Policy Committee of the Labour Party. In Walter Nash's 1957–60 administration he was minister of forests, and minister in charge of printing and stationery. Prominent Maori leaders had requested his appointment as minister of Maori Affairs. However, the prime minister took the portfolio; Tiri was his associate but Nash, in rejecting his policy suggestions, made it clear that this was a window-dressing appointment. Tirikatene and Nash clashed frequently over Maori policy, Nash being opposed to Maori seeking autonomous solutions to their problems. In 1960, however, Tirikatene prompted the government to pass legislation recognising Waitangi Day as a national day of thanksgiving. Tiri was an energetic minister of forests, pushing through the first road to Maungapohatu in opposition to the advice of his department; and on 22 November 1959, issuing the Ruatoki Declaration, a plan for the conservation management of Urewera forests, which also allowed some commercial return to the Maori owners. Tirikatene had been made a justice of the peace in 1935; in 1960 he was knighted. His last years, again in opposition, saw no diminishing of his enormous workload. He sat on many important bodies, including the Maori Purposes Fund Board. He continued to express his gratitude to the Labour Party for writing racial equality into law. Throughout his career much of his parliamentary salary went on expenses related to his job; financial support came from the family crop farm at Kaiapoi. He relied on volunteer helpers, particularly his children: Te Rino ran the farm, with help from Rima; Whetu was his electorate secretary; and Dobson, a promising trombonist, left school early to work as his secretary.
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 12 One son, John, a fighter pilot, was killed in an air accident in Auckland during the Second World War. On 11 January 1967 Tirikatene rose early, as was his custom, and with Te Rino went to cut down a stand of pine on their Kaiapoi property. When the last tree was felled, Tirikatene sat down on a log, said 'Good, we’ve completed the job, Rin, well done son,’ then closed his eyes and died. His tangihanga, attended by over 2,000, was at Te Hiwi Marama marae, Kaiapoi, and he was buried at Kai-a-te-Atua cemetery, Kaiapoi. He was survived by his wife, Ruti, six sons and two daughters. His daughter, Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, succeeded him as MP for Southern Maori. At his tangihanga, Turi Carroll said that he had been the greatest of all Maori leaders.
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Auckalnd Cenotaph Database WW1 Full Name Eruera Tihema Te Aika Tirikatene Rank Last Held Sergeant Forename(s) Eruera Tihema Te Aika Surname Tirikatene Also Known As Edward James Te Aika Tregerthen War World War I, 1914-1918 Serial No. 16/765 Iwi Kai Tahu Gender Male Date of Birth 5 January 1895 Place of Birth Te Rakiwhakaputa pa near Kaiapoi, New Zealand First Known Rank Private Next of Kin J.D. Tirikatene (father), Tawhakitiriki, Kaiapoi, New Zealand Marital Status Single Enlistment Address Tawhakitiriki, Kaiapoi, New Zealand Military District Canterbury Body on Embarkation 2nd Maori Contingent Embarkation Date 18 September 1915 Place of Embarkation Wellington, New Zealand Transport HMNZT 29 Vessel Waitemata Destination Suez, Egypt Nominal Roll Number Vol1 Page on Nominal Roll 728 Campaigns Egypt France Discharge Date 7 May 1919 Last Unit Served New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion Place of Death Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 13 Date of Death 11 January 1967 Year of Death 1967 Cemetery Name Kai-a-te-Atua cemetery, Kaiapoi, New Zealand Biographical Notes Husband of Ruti Matekino Solomon (Horomona), father of 12 children He initiated the Battalion band, playing the cornet. He settled at Kaiapoi on four acres of land his father had purchased for him out of his accumulated army pay. Postwar Occupation Farmer Politician Ratana leader Additional Information Changed name to Tirikatene, falsified age to enlist in 1914 Archives NZ source Military personnel file Further References Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. URL: http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/DNZB/alt _essayBody.asp?essayID=4T18 Sources Used Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. URL: http://www.dnzb.govt.nz
Eruera married Lady Ruti Matekino 'Te Rere Ora' HOROMONA in 1919 in New Zealand. Ruti was born on 23 Sep 1898 in New Zealand. She died on 20 Apr 1980 in New Zealand.
"She manifested the fruit of the Holy Spirit: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self Control." (Gal. 5:22,23)
Eruera and Ruti had the following children: 21 M i. Edward Arthur Nukuroa TIRIKATENE "Nuku" was born on 13 Oct 1921 in New Zealand. He died on 20 Jul 1971 in New Zealand.
WAR_SERVICE: Nuku served in the R.N.Z.N. 1939-1945.
Edward married Tina Hiniwetea Maia PAAHI in , New Zealand. Tina was born on 4 Feb 1928 in New Zealand. She died in 2002 in New Zealand. 22 F ii. Reremoana Ververis TIRIKATENE was born in 1922. She died on 22 Oct 1936. 23 M iii. John Abraham TIRIKATENE was born on 19 Apr 1923. He died on 6 Jun 1944 in Ardmore, New Zealand.
WAR_SERVICE: John was in the RNZAF. No. NZ422634.
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/24825.detail Full Name John Aperehama Tirikatene Rank Last Held Sergeant (Pilot) Forename(s) John Aperehama Surname Tirikatene War World War II, 1939-1945
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 14 Serial No. NZ422634 Gender Male Date of Birth 19 April 1923 Place of Birth Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand Other Units Royal New Zealand Air Force Last Unit Served Royal New Zealand Air Force, 4 Operational Training Unit, Ardmore Place of Death Ardmore, New Zealand Date of Death 6 June 1944 Age at Death 21 Year of Death 1944 Cause of Death Killed in an aircraft accident whilst on exercise Cemetery Name urupa, Kai a te Atua, 137 Old North Road, Kaiapoi, Waimakariri District, New Zealand Biographical Notes John Tirikatene was the son of the Hon. Eruera Tihema Tirikatene, M.P. for Southern Maori, and Ruti Matekino Tirikatene, of Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand Killed whilst in formation flying Description of Image Portrait, Weekly News Further References Martyn, E. (1998-2008). Vol. 2 p. 232; vol. 3 p. 475 Airman killed. Evening Post , Issue 132, 6 June 1944, Page 6 Sources Used Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL:
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 15 me on my port side and then out of the corner of my right eye in just a flash I saw an aircraft at 90º on his side turning away from me. But he had no left hand elevator and then on my left hand side I saw an aircraft heading towards Ardmore and low down and on looking in my mirror I could not see any other aircraft in view. So calling out to Dick, my No. 2 I instructed him to break off. At this time I had turned around to look for the aircraft that I had seen and the tower also called me up to see, "What's happened to that aircraft that's gone down?" and by this time I had located the crashed aircraft which had plunged through power lines into Papakura Military Camp, and swooping down could see that the pilot would have had no chance of survival. Of course by this time personnel in the camp were in attendance. The tower then asked me if there was any chance of survival and I had to reply in the negative, and so returned to the field. On landing I was taken straight into the flight commander's office to give my observations on what had happened and it was then that I found out that it was my No. 4 who had crashed. My No. 3 had landed successfully having survived just minor damages. * It was very unfortunate that the high profile person awaiting at the front gate with his daughter who is still alive at this time of writing and an MP and well known as was the M.P. awaiting to see his son plus one other person were to witness this unfortunate incident. He seeing his son get killed and his daughter who had seen her brother die. What can one say? Of course there had to be a Court of Inquiry and also a coroners inquest to which I had to attend. It was amazing just how the general public at the coroners inquest saw things differently in what they had seen. As their estimate of the height that I had taken differed greatly from my account, the Air Force decided to do a test on them and so with the go ahead of the coroners office a flight of four aircraft were dispatched to fly exactly the same route that I had done. As the aircraft came into view the witnesses were asked at the appropriate time to guess at what height the aircraft were. After the turn and prior to forming up they were again asked to guess the height. Then the pilot of the lead aircraft was asked his height and so when everyone was back inside the courtroom each was asked what the height was at the different points and this included me. Well as you can guess the difference in height between the expert witnesses was staggering, ranging from 100ft to no more than 500ft. To say that they were very surprised when they were given the correct heights. It was a very sad day as the pilot concerned bunked below me in the barracks and so apart from being a flying mate he was also a bunk mate so to speak. What happened was just a tragic accident and it was my flash observations that allowed the powers that be to fully put together the events leading up to the accident. So quick identification had proved its worth although in a sad way.
24 M iv. Hoani James Delville TIRIKATENE was born on 31 Dec 1926 in New Zealand. He died on 11 Oct 1993 in New Zealand.
BIRTH: Hoani James Delville's biological parents were Sir Eruera Tihema Te Aika Tirikatene and Lady Ruti Matekino Soloon. He was adopted by John Henly Tregerthen and (Ettie) Tini Hiniwetea Maia Rehu.
25 M v. Tuhuru TIRIKATENE was born in 1927. He died on 14 Dec 1935. 26 F vi. Amiria Hinemaria TIRIKATENE was born on 8 Oct 1930. She died on
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 16 4 Sep 1963. Amiria married Taare Terutu BAILEY. 27 F vii. Hon. Tini Marama TIRIKATENE M.P. O.N.Z. was born on 9 Jan 1932 in Ratana Pa, New Zealand. She died on 20 Jul 2011 in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. She was buried on 22 Jul 2011 in Cremated.
Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan was Member of Parliament for the Southern Maori Electorate from 1967 - 1996, and was awarded the Order of New Zealand on 6 Feb 1993.
Entry in 'New Zealand Who's Who' Published 1979. Port Chalmers Public Library. Hon. Tini Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, Minister of Environment 1974 -1975. Minister of Tourism 1972 - 1975, Maori Welfare Officer, Wellington. Social Security Officer, Lower Hutt. Child Welfare Officer, Rotorua. Secretary NZBC, Christchurch. Secretary Royal Tour Staff, Internal Affairs. Member of Parliament for Southern Maori (Labour). Stenographer, Air Dept.. Womans Vice-President, Victoria University, Wellington 1960 - 1961; President NZ Federation Maori Students 1960 - 1961. Wellington Executive, United Nations Association, 1955.
In the 1996 General Election Whetu lost her Parliamentary Seat to her opponent.
After marriage became known as Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan.
Whetu passed away on Wednesday, 20 July 2011. Various news reports are noted below.
One News: 4:15pm, Friday 22, 2011 New Zealand's longest serving female member of parliament has passed away. Dame Whetr Tirikatene-Sullivan died on Wednesday after a severe stroke, aged 79. She was an MP for Labour from 1967 yo 1996. Dame Whetu was cremated today at a private service where only very close family attended. She is one of the 20 holders of the Order of New Zealand - the highest honour of the country. Acting Prime Minister Gerry Brownlee and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Christopher Finlayson, issed a joint statement expressing sadness on behalf of the Government at Dame Whetu's death. "Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan was an inspiring leader of her people and a genuinely great New Zealander,"Finlayson said. :She was a graceful and charming person who cut short her academic career in early 1967, after the death of her father, to return to New Zealand to enter political life." Dane Whetu held the positions of Minister of Tourism, Associate Minister of Social Welfare, and Minister for the Environment. "Her death is a terrible loss to her husband, Denis, and her children, May-ana and Tiri. On behalf of the Government, we extend to them our deepest sympathy for their loss." the statement said. A memorial service will take place on August 12 at St Paul's Cathedral in
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 17 Wellington.
3 News Longest serving female MP dies. Fri. 22 Aug 2022 5:08pm. New Zealand's longest serving female MP has passed away. Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan was a former cabinet minister and Labour Party MP. Labour MP Parekura Horomia told the Dominion Post she will be sadly missed and was one of New Zealand's great woman leaders. Born in 1932, of Ngai Tahu descent, Ms Tirikatene-Sullivan pushed educational, welfare, cultural and community programmes. She was well known to travel up to 40,000 km each year around her electorate. She was Labour MP for Southern Maori for 29 years, from 1967 till 1996. She was appointed to the Order of New Zealand in 1993 and was Minister of Tourism, Associate Minister of Social Welfare, and Minister for the Environment. She was also instrumental in the establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal, was the founding President of the New Zealand Maori Students' Federation and as Vice- President of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association in 1960, she advocated the student health counselling service, the instigation of tuition in te reo, and the offering of New Zealand history courses at university. Her citation also said she advocated for Maori news on radion and television, the protecton of Maori fishing grounds, the Tangata Whenua vote, and she pioneered preventative health education in Maori.
Stuff.co.nz (22/07/2011) Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan dies Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, New Zealand's longest serving female MP, has passed away, the Labour Party has confirmed. The former Cabinete Minister and Labour MP died in the 'last couple of days", Labour MP Parekura Horomia said this afternoon. "She was a great Maori leader and certainly she will be sadly missed. She was one of the real great New Zealand woman leaders too because she did a lot of firsts." Whetu, of Ngai Tahu, was Labout MP for Southern Maori for 29 years, from 1967 yo 1996. She famously travelled up to 40,000km each year getting around her electorate. She was born in 1932, and pioneered educational, welfare, cultural, and community programmes for Maori people for over 30 years. Whe she appointed to the Order of New Zealand in 1993, her citation said sh had worked towards the "harmonious relationship between the Maori and European New Zealand communities and advocated on behalf of Maori in order to remove disparities between the two cultures". She was Minsiter of Tourism, Associate Minister of Social Welfare, and Minister for the Environment. She was also instrumental in the establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal, was the founding President of the New Zealand Maori Students' Federation and as Vice-President of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association in 1960, she advocated the student health
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 18 counselling service, the instigation of tuition in te reo, and the offering of New Zealand history courses at university. Her citation also said she advocated for Maori news on radio and television, the protection of Maori fishing grounds, the Tangata Whenua vote, and she pioneered preventative health education in Maori. It is understood she died in Wellington. A public service would be held on August 12, Mr Moromia said. No further details of the service were available.
Otago Daily Times, 23 Jul 2011. Page 2. New Zealand's longest serving female MP dies Wellington: New Zealand's longest serving female Member of Parliament, Dr Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan (79) was a Labour Party MP between 1967 and 1996 and held the roles of minister of tourism, associate minister of social welfare and minister for the environment. She died at Wellington Hospital on Wednesday, having suffered a stroke a week earlier. She was cremated at a private ceremony in Wellington yesterday. A public memorial service will be held at Wellington's Cathedral of St Paul on August 12. He immediate family were at her bedside and before he condition deteriorated they were able to say their goodbyes. Labout MP Parekura Horomia said Dr Tirikatene-Sullivan's death was a great loss for Maoridom. "W've certainly lost a gret Maori woman leader. She was pioneer of a whole lot of women's rights issues, especially in Maoridom. She challenged the male- dominated bastion, both in the Maori world and in New Zealand overall. She certainly broke down a lot of barriers and was one of the first into a whole lot of forums where Maori generally never partook." Mr Horomia said. Acting Prime Minister Gerry Brownlee and Minister for Treaty if Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson said it was a "terrible loss". "Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan was an inspiring leader of her people and a genuinely great New Zealander." they said in a joint statement. "She was a graceful and charming person who cut short her academic career in early 1967, after the death of her father, to return to New Zealand to enter political life." Maori Party co-leaders Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia said she was a trail-blazing politician with strong principles and a compassionate heart. "We are devastated to hear of Whetu's sudden death. Her passing feels like the end of an era." Dr Tirikatene-Sullivan was a staunch advocate for tero Maori and called on Parliament to make it one of New Zealand's official languages. She was also an early supporter of Maori broadcasting, Dr Sharples said. As the daughter of a long-serving MP Sir Eruera Tirikatene, Dr Tirikatene-Sullivan entered politics early, becoming the founding president of the New Zealand Maori Students' Federation and vice-president of Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association in 1960. "During her career, Whetu has served iwi well, through her advocacy and passion for the people, leading to such advances as the establishement of the Waitangi Tribunal, Marae and Papakainga Housing, MAori broadcsting, the protection of
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 19 Maori fishing grounds, the tangata whenua vote, and many other areas of our lives." he said. Ms Turia said Dr Tirikatene-Sullivan made an "extra-ordinary" contribution to New Zealand. "Whetu was a committed member of Ratana Church; a staunch supporter of the Maori Women's League; and a passionate community advocate - long before and after her distinguished parliamentary career," she said. "She struck a distinctive presence wherever she went. I well remember her incredible sense of fashion desighn - those long flowing gowns with the gorgeous koru prints always made her stand out in the crowd." Dr Tirikatene-Sullivan was made a Member of the Order of New Zealand in 1993. She is survived by her husband Denis, her children May-Ana and Tiri and two grandchildren. - NZPA.
Obituary [Radio New Zealand News] Tini Whetu Marama Tirikatene, who was of Ngai Tahu affiliation, was born at Ratana Pa in 1932. Her later education was at Rangiora High School and Wellington East Girls' College. She took a BA in politics and public administration and a Diploma of Social Sciences from Victoria University. Her education was interrupted when, at the age of 20, she was diagnosed with tuberculosis and spent the next four years being treated in Wellington Hospital and at the Otaki sanatorium. In 1964 she went to Canberra on a scholarship for a PhD in political science. She completed her thesis but was unable to present it - her father died and she returned to New Zealand to succeed Sir Eruera as the MP for Southern Maori in a by- election in 1967. She held the seat in the 1969 general election with 82.95% of the valid votes cast, exceeding her father's record for the popular vote. The Southern Maori electorate was huge, stretching from Wairoa in Hawke's Bay to Stewart Island and the Chatham Islands, and she covered 40,000km a year on electorate business. She added Sullivan to her name when she married Australian nuclear physicist Denis Sullivan in 1967. The couple had two children. She became one of the few women MPs in the Commonwealth to have given birth while holding office and the first New Zealand politician to do so. After the Labour Party's victory in the 1972 election, Dr Tirikatene-Sullivan became the Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Social Welfare and Environment. She was the only woman in that cabinet. Her tenure was not without controversy. In 1975, opposition MPs alleged she had a close commercial association with the the chair of the Tourist Hotel Corporation and in the same year she denied giving an interview criticising the Dunedin City Council for cancelling a sports booking of the town hall in favour of a meeting addressed by the National Party leader Robert Muldoon. The dispute went to the Press Council, which disallowed her complaint. Dr Tirikatene-Sullivan campaigned to promote the Maori language, health, employment, and education, and fought long and hard for better Maori representation in Parliament. She was proud of her battle to retain the Maori parliamentary seats under the MMP electoral system, a battle which spilled over into the Labour caucus.
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 20 By 1994 her standing within the party caucus had slumped and three MPs failed to back her nomination to chair the electoral reform committee. At the time, Labour's relations with Maori were under strain and the row was smoothed over only after apologies were made. She saw the incident as a last chance for the Labour Party to retain Maori support. She kept her hold on the Southern Maori seat until she was defeated in 1996 by New Zealand First Party candidate Tutekawa Wyllie. Mr Wyllie had been supported by Ngai Tahu leaders, one of whom - Sir Tipene O'Regan - had accused her of being an enemy of her own people. Dr Tirikatene-Sullivan believed the accusations were prompted by her insistence on full accountability of the Ngai Tahu Trust Board which Sir Tipene chaired. At the time of her electoral defeat, she had been 29 years in Parliament and was the longest-serving woman politician in the House. Dr Tirikatene-Sullivan had sporting as well as political interests - she was a keen fencer and in the 1960s was runner-up in the New Zealand women's foils championship. And she was a New Zealand title-holder in ballroom and Latin American dancing, as well as being patroness of various Maori cultural groups. She had a passion for encouraging young Maori to make contemporary clothing, jewellery and other handcrafts using Maori design. The boutique she owned in Wellington for a time developed from that. She had a personal interest in dress design and fabric printing, using ethnic designs, and she was often seen around Parliament Buildings in elegant gowns of her own design. Dr Tirikatene-Sullivan was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, the 1990 New Zealand Medal, and the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993. She was made a Member of the Order of New Zealand in the same year. Copyright © 2011, Radio New Zealand
The Australian Women's Weekly (1932 - 1982), Wednesday 7 November 1973, page 5. By Lorraine Hickman Every morning the New Zealand Minister of Tourism does the family wash. The Hon. Tini Whetu Marama Tirikatene-Sullivan puts the sheets and shirts and other items into the washing machine, the drier, then folds them away. After that, it's off to Parliament. "I love housework." said New Zealand's 11th and youngest woman M.P. "It goes back to my family tradition where we all helped out with everything. "Mind you, ours is a mini-care home - and I insist on reliable machinery." Mrs Tirikatene-Sullivan, her nuclear physicist husband Dr. Denis Sullivan, and their three-year-old daughter May-Ana Maria, were enjoying a brief stay in Sydney. The Minister was to open a South Island Promotion Council display. She was also to inspect New Zealand Government rourist offices in several States. Tini Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan is a graduate of Victoria University, Wellington, with a diploma in social science and a B.A. in political science and putblic administration. Sh likes Sydney, knows it well from the days when she was studying at the Australian National University, Canberra. It was there that she met Sydney-born Dr. Sullivan. She was eight months short of completing her Ph.D. in 1967 when her father died
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 21 and she returned to New Zealand. He was Sir Eruera Tirikatene, one of New Zealand's most respected politicians, who had held the seat for Southern Maori since 1932. "Dad was our first legislator, a pathfinder." she said. Mrs Tirikatene-Sullivan was asked to stand for her father's constituency and telephoned fiance Denis ("It meant a complete change of our plans") for advice. " He said, 'If you feel you have a commitment to fulfil your father's life mission, go ahead'." ALWAYS EXCELLED She gained 74.3 percent of votes cast in the subsequent by-election. In the 1969 general election, she topped that by collecting 82.95 percent of the poll to exceed the record (previously held by her father) for a New Zealand M.P.'s popular vote. What makes the self0c0nfessed, family-minded Maori Woman so special? For one thing, she has excelled at everything she has attempted to date - fencing (an instructor, runner-up to the N.Z.Womem's foils title), ballroom dancing (N.Z. title holder in that and Latin American dancing), modelling, dress and jewellry designing. Except for leave of two weeks for May-Ana's birth, she had attended Parliament continuously since 1970. "Whatever I decide to do, I like to do it thoroughly and well or I'm not pleased" But competitive spirit has nothing to do with it. "Comptetition is very much against our Polynesian style of life. Ambitious people are not applouded as ultimates in our culture. They are taken as themselves." In political life, her family has been represented in three New Zealand Cabinets. She travelled with her father all over his electorate. "I got to know the people well, they knew me." The Tirikatene-Sullivan household is run Polynesian-style - a legacy from girlhood days when each of her 12-member family helped in everything. . . . "Digging potatoes, concreting, doing the laundry, driving tractors." Nowadays, she works seven days, gets home finally from Parliament at 11 p.m. Hardly conducive to family life? Not so. "We've organisd things so that my husband can pursue his interests and I mine whole we both enjoy May-Ana. "As parents, we operate under Polynesian culture which assumes two basics. That is, a baby needs a permanent minder . . . and that person should be somebody well experienced in child rearing, ideally your young grandmother or a friend." As Dr. Sullivan's mother is no longer alive and Mrs Terikatene-Sullivan.s mother is well into her eighties, they have a youthful grandmother friend taking car of May- Ana. "She speaks of her affectionately as 'Nana' and, most importantly, our child is an anxiety-free person. It works." Polynesians respect age. "You'll never find a Maori in an old people's home." Mrs Tirikatene-Sullivan is up at six every morning scribbling down all the things she wats to accomplish that day. May-Ana gets up for her playtime and scurries around mother's feet while the Minister does her household chores and Parliamentary paper work. Then they have a bath together and "fabulous water play."When the Minister is out of the bath and applying her make-up, Mary-Ana keeps splashing and chattering. "
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 22 We're talking to each other all the time." Her mother then dresses May-Ana and takes her down to Dr. Sullivan, who has been culling the newspapers for the Minister. He and May-Ana have a fruit breakfast and a chat. Mother dresses for the office and drives May-Ana off to 'grandmother' where she plays on the back lawn with the real grandchildren. Mrs Tirikatene-Sullivan arrives at Parliament around 9 a.m. and Dr. Sullivan about the same time at Victoria University, where he lectures. They usually get together again at lunch. Also Dr. Sulllivan and May-Ana visit her at her Parliamentray office when she has a moment to spare. If togetherness is closeness, husband and wife have it. They're also on the phone to each other throughout the day. Although seeing May-Ana in the morning and through the day, the real family get- together is the evening meal. "It's good for us to get together over a great common love - food. And talk, talk, talk. We never have mute meals." After dinner, Dr. Sullivan puts May-Ana to bed. The Minister often has to go on working. There's no question, says Mrs Tirikatene-Sullivan, of Dr. Sullivan being a (somewhat tall) shadow in her Ministerial wake. "Oh no! He has his own highly specialised career and interests. Besides, my husband is my best friend, confidant, and the person I most respect. We share similar thoughts and ideas." They discuss everything together - except physics, which she finds to abstract, even though she did type his Ph.D. thesis when they were students together. NO SEX ANTAGONISM Other people might be satisfied to gain the top of the mountain. Mrs Tirikatene- Sullivan reaches up to the clouds above the mountain-top. As in fencing. "I've never been sports-minded because there wasn't time. But fencing is something you can do for ten minutes to relax wherever you happen to be. And I travel a lot. In any case, I like the reasoning required." Ballroom dancing was an inclination. "I wanted to learn Latin-American cancing because I've never been over-confident. From that, my tutor suggested ballroom dancing. It went from there." Always a lover of good clothes, she designs her own, usually sketching what she wants during the occasional quiet moment. It's relaxing, she says. "I son't like to be tense. It's a waste of energy." Tirikatene-Sullivan designs are usually hatched when Parliament gets a trifle somnolent or she's flying off somewhere. She's never met antogonism because of her sex, she ways there's no need to sacrifice femininity for public office. Her definition of femininity: " The ability to enjoy thoroughly one's femaleness and express it." Of marriage, she says, "I respect my husband because of his individuality and intelligence. "Different though our lives and rearing have been, we share the same value systems. It's very necessary for marriage." Neither of them likes protocol or pretentiousness. "I don't entertain at home because I don't have the time. I like to enjoy my family life in private. Mind you, I
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 23 thoroughly enjoy being entertained!"
Tini married Dr. Denis John SULLIVAN in 1967 in New Zealand. Denis was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Nuclear Physicist.
The Royal Society of New Zealand Te Aparangi. posted:Thu, 25 Nov 1999 under 'Science in the News" Wellington, Nov 25
Extracts from the article - "Two Kiwis confirm discovery of planet outside 'our' solar system" .....The Victoria University astronomers, reader in physics Dr Denis Sullivan, and his son and truden, Tirikatene Sullivan, confirmed the world;s first observations of a distant planet passing in front of a star outside Earth's solar system. "I'ts quite exciting stuff," Dr. Sullivan said today......
...... Dr Sullivan said today he and Mr Sullivan had been working at Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii as part of a glogal collaboration known as the Whole Earth telescope when they made the sighting......
28 M viii. Te Kupuka TIRIKATENE was born on 8 Mar 1934.
BIOGRAPHY: There were other parents. ~The following information was supplied by Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan. Kukupa was adopted by an elderly couple, Akuhata Heremia and his wife, Pani of Te Uhi Pa, Wairoa, where they had their own meeting house. Pani's mother was Winnie Pere Hamand, and her father was Pani Paata. Kukupa was reared speaking Maori from birth. Note: By the year 2000, it is thought that he (and his younger brother, Te Mauri o Waitangi) are the only two Ngaitahu who are native speakers of Maori, ie, who have been Maori speakers since birth (as well as speakers of the English language) .
Te married Heather STUART. 29 M ix. Te Reo Teone Puneke TIRIKATENE was born in 1935 in New Zealand. He died in 1936 in New Zealand. 30 M x. Te Mauri-o-Waitangi TIRIKATENE was born on 29 Apr 1935.
BIOGRAPHY: The following information was supplied by Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan. Adopted by Raukura Ramarihi and her husband, ("Bill") Wi Maahi Maniapoto Otene, son of Otene and his wife, Pareawa Maniapoto, of Taupo (Tuwharetoa). Raukuras' Mother's surname was Ramarihi; and her father was Hekenui Herewini Te Rangi Whaka Tekateka, of Wai-nui-Rua, Wnaganui River. Te Mauri o Waitangi has spoken Maori from birth and therefore, like his elder brother Kukupa, is a native speaker of Maori (as well as speaking English). By the year 2000, it is highly probable that these are the only two native speakers of Maori from birth, in the entire Ngati Mamoe and Ngaitahu tribal populations.
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 24 Te married Kira VLASSOFF. 31 F xi. Rimu Ruti TIRIKATENE was born on 2 Oct 1938. She died on 28 Mar 1990.
BIOGRAPHY: ~The following information was supplied by Whetu Tirikatene- Sullivan. Rima's elder sister, Amira Hinemarie, died leaving an infant and 3 other children. Rima made a sacrifical decision, to bring her successful, professional career to an early conclusion and to marry her brother-in-law so she could rear the 4 children. Later, she was blessed to have two children of her own.
Rimu married Taare Terutu BAILEY. 32 M xii. Te-Rino TIRIKATENE was born on 4 Sep 1940. He died1 on 3 Dec 1995. Te-Rino married Kate Lorraine Puto NGAWATI "Ketia". 33 M xiii. John Driver Tregerthen Tirikatene NEWSON was born on 5 Jan 1942.
BIOGRAPHY: ~The following information was supplied by Whetu Tirikatene- Sullivan. Jack was adopted by Eruera Tirikatene's sister Matateka (Mrs Jim Newson), who had no children. Matateka collected the babe from Kaiapoi Maternity Hospital (Whetu was present on this occasion), and recalled how her aunt was so very thrilled. It was only the 4th occasion that Eruera was not the personal midwife to his wife as she gave birth to their children, usually at their home. She commented that, when he was midwife, she experienced no discomfort whatsoever; but she did at Lyttleton Maternity Hospital with her first 3 children, and on this occasion at Kaiapoi.
John married Mary Esther MCFETRISH.
9. Ema TREGERTHEN (John Driver TREGERTHEN, Emma Paerata). Ema married Tutehounuku KOROKO in 1913 in New Zealand. They had the following children: 34 F i. Raihia Joan TE AIKA. Raihia married Raymond CROFTS.
10. John Henley TREGERTHEN (John Driver TREGERTHEN, Emma Paerata) was born on 4 Jan 1898 in New Zealand. He died on 1 Feb 1978 in New Zealand.
WAR_SERVICE: John served in the Maori Pioneer Battalion, Reg. No. 16/1476 Bugler, 1st NZ Expeditionary Force.
BIOGRAPHY: ~The following Information was supplied by Whetu Tirikatene Sullivan. Ettie had only one child, a son, by William D. (Bill) Barrett. Called Whenua Rehu (Ettie's maiden name), he married the eldest daughter of Raukura and Bob Gillies. They had several children, one of
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 25 whom they called John. John, under a Whenua Rehu Whanau Trust, succeeded to land in Turiwhaia Road, Tauhiwi, formerly owned by John Henley Tregerthen. The adjacent section (originally owned by Eruera Tirikatene), on Turiwhaia Road, was succeeded to, at the direction of Eruera and Ruti, by thier youngest son, John Driver Tregerthen Tirikatene, who also succeeded the adjacent section originally owned by is adoptive mother, Mataata Matateka Newson. Whetu is the last to make any authoritative statement on this matter, and John has been demanding all this land! He is most blessed to have got in on John Henley Tirikatene's section, and Whetu is not sure how this went through the Court. ~Bill Barrett of Tuahiwi fathered other children, incl. Tony Tikao-Barrett, Mrs Whitu Pitama nee Wereta. As a married man, Bill Barrett had children, Metapere, "Jack" and youngest brother Charlie Metapere's son (Charles Crofts) was, for a time, the Kai-Whakahaere of Te Tunanga o Ngai Tahu (preceeding the final and present Te Rununga o Ngai Tahu).
John married Tini Hiniwetea Maia REHAU daughter of Wiremu REHU and Kiriraupa in , New Zealand. Tini was born about 1895. She died on 26 Jul 1982 in New Zealand.
~The following information is supplied by Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan. Ettie had only one child, a son, by William D. (Bill) Barrett. Called Whenua Rehu (Ettie's maiden name), he married the eldest daughter of Raukura and Bob Gillies. They had several children, one of whom they called John. John, under a Whenua Rehu Whanau Trust, succeeded to land in Turiwhaia Road, Tuahiwi, formerly owned by John Henley Tregerthen. The adjacent section (originally owned by Eruera Tirikatene, on Turiwhaia Road, was succeeded to, at the direction of Eruera and Ruti, by their youngest son, John Driver Tregerthen Tirikatene, who also succeeded the adjacent section originally owned by his adoptive mother, Mataara Mateteka Newson. Whetu is the last to make any authoritative statement on this matter, and John had been demanding all this land! He is most blessed to have got in on John Henley Tirikatene's section, and Whetu is not sure how this went through the Court. ~Bill Barrett of Tuahiwi fathered other children, incl. Tony Tikao-Barrett, Mrs Whitu Pitama nee Wereta. As a married man, Bill Barrett had children, Metapere, "Jack" and youngest borther Charlie. Metapere's son (Charles Crofts) was, for a time, the Kai-whakahaere of Te Runanga o Ngaitahu (preceding the final and present Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu).
John and Tini had the following children: 35 M i. Hoani James Delville TIRIKATENE was born on 31 Dec 1926 in New Zealand. He died on 11 Oct 1993 in New Zealand.
BIRTH: Hoani James Delville's biological parents were Sir Eruera Tihema Te Aika Tirikatene and Lady Ruti Matekino Soloon. He was adopted by John Henly Tregerthen and (Ettie) Tini Hiniwetea Maia Rehu.
11. Wikitoria Tauraka TREGERTHEN (John Driver TREGERTHEN, Emma Paerata). Wikitoria married Joseph PERE.
Joseph came frorn Little River and was highly skilled in local eel catching and eel-smoking. A great delicacy. Joseph and Tauraka reared the following two children:
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 26 Anne Riria TIINI (not otherwise related to Tauraka); and James Poai MANAHI (son of Tauraka's youngest sister, Ismalia Jane, and her husband, James Poai Manaki, whome they reared from birth). The above information was supplied by Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan.
Joseph and Wikitoria had the following children: 36 F i. Annie Riria Tiini PERE.She was related to her parents by adoption.
BIOGRAPHY: The following information was supplied by Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan. Anne Tiini was legally adopted, Anne Riria Tiini Pere. She was born into the large Tiini family who lived in Little River. She was definitely not a blood relation of Wikitoria Tauraka, but may have been related to Joe Pere. While Wikitoria Tauraka and Joe Pere legally adopted her, Anne continued to be referred to as Anne Tiini. It was only when her adopting parents died that she claimed their toatl assets in the name Anne Pere, even taking James Poai Manahi to court to exclude him. She lost the case as Wikitoria Tauraka's surviving sisters pointed out that James Poai Manahi had been reared from birth by theie sister , Wikitoria Tauraka, and her husband, Joe.
Annie married Colin STANBURY. Colin died in 1999. 37 M ii. Poai James MANAHI. Poai married Dorothy GOODMAN.
12. Mataara Matateka TREGERTHEN (John Driver TREGERTHEN, Emma Paerata) was born on 17 Feb 1900 in New Zealand. She died in 1987 in New Zealand.
BIRTH: Adopted John Tirikatane, son of Eruera Tirikatane, who then became known as John Driver NEWSON.
Mataara married James NEWSON in , New Zealand.
RACE: James was an Englishman.
James and Mataara had the following children: 38 M i. John Driver Tregerthen Tirikatene NEWSON was born on 5 Jan 1942.
BIOGRAPHY: ~The following information was supplied by Whetu Tirikatene- Sullivan. Jack was adopted by Eruera Tirikatene's sister Matateka (Mrs Jim Newson), who had no children. Matateka collected the babe from Kaiapoi Maternity Hospital (Whetu was present on this occasion), and recalled how her aunt was so very thrilled. It was only the 4th occasion that Eruera was not the personal midwife to his wife as she gave birth to their children, usually at their home. She commented that, when he was midwife, she experienced no discomfort whatsoever; but she did at Lyttleton Maternity Hospital with her first 3 children, and on this occasion at Kaiapoi.
John married Mary Esther MCFETRISH.
13. Ria Te Wera TREGERTHEN (John Driver TREGERTHEN, Emma Paerata).
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 27 Ria married Arthur FLUTEY. They had the following children: 39 F i. Rangimarie TREGERTHEN. Rangimarie married Edward BRODIE. 40 F ii. Te-Karere FLUTEY. Te-Karere married John LILLEY. 41 M iii. Arthur FLUTEY. Arthur married Mania PITAMA. 42 F iv. Mataara FLUTEY. Mataara married Richard HAMPTON.
14. Nash TREGERTHEN "Billy" (John Driver TREGERTHEN, Emma Paerata). Nash married James BLACK.
RACE: James Emigrated from Ireland.
James and Nash had the following children: 43 F i. Te Maramatanga BLACK. Te married (1) Sam Bennett. Te married (2) Duncan SMART. Duncan died in 1999. 44 M ii. Tiri Hemi MANAHI. Tiri married Frances Elizabeth Anne MUNRO.
15. Te-Rauwhakahinau TREGERTHEN (John Driver TREGERTHEN, Emma Paerata) died on 4 Jan 2000 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. She was buried on 8 Jan 2000 in Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand. Te-Rauwhakahinau married (1) Piki RUKA. They had the following children: 45 F i. Te Maramatanga BLACK. Te married (1) Sam Bennett. Te married (2) Duncan SMART. Duncan died in 1999.
Te-Rauwhakahinau married (2) John MOKOMOKO.
RESIDENCE: John came from Murihiku.
John and Te-Rauwhakahinau had the following children: 46 M ii. Driver MOKOMOKO. Driver married Flora LEE. 47 M iii. Te-Rau Oriwa Aperira MOKOMOKO was born on 26 Sep 1936. He died2 on 4 Jan 2000 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. He was buried on 8 Jan 2000 in Rangiora/Kaiapoi, North Canterbury, New Zealand.
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 28 Te-Rau married Piki TIPA. 48 F iv. Isobel Aroha Mary MOKOMOKO. Isobel married Frederick KELLY. 49 M v. Sonny MOKOMOKO. Sonny married Anita MCMILLAN.
16. John William TREGERTHEN "Sonny" (John Driver TREGERTHEN, Emma Paerata). John married Whitu Myra HURIA. They had the following children: 50 M i. Reo TREGERTHEN. 51 F ii. Adrienne TIRIKATENE. Adrienne married Frederick CRIDLAND. 52 F iii. Wiki TIRIKATENE. Wiki married Rodger BROWN. 53 F iv. Pamela Wikitoria TREGERTHEN was born in 1937. Pamela married (1) Rodger BROWN. Pamela married (2) Des BRYDON. 54 F v. Josephine TIRIKATENE was born in 1938. Josephine married (1) -. Josephine married (2) Herbert KENNADY. 55 M vi. Arapata TIRIKATENE was born on 8 Nov 1939. Arapata married Dianne JOHNSON.
17. Ismalia Devonport TREGERTHEN (John Driver TREGERTHEN, Emma Paerata).
BIOGRAPHY: ~Ismailia a town on the Suez Canal in Egypt was the place where her brothers met each other in the theatre of World War I, either of them knowing, they were in the same place. (These two brothers looked like identical twins) and when they met, each thought he must have died and was somehow looking at his spiritual likeness. Then they became aware of the reality, and the eldest brother was thrilled to hear news of the family, since John left Devonport, NZ, their last NZA station later. The above information was supplied by Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan.
Ismalia married James Poai MANAHI in 1936 in New Zealand. They had the following children: 56 M i. Tiri Hemi MANAHI. Tiri married Frances Elizabeth Anne MUNRO. 57 M ii. Poai James MANAHI. Poai married Dorothy GOODMAN. 58 M iii. Hoani Hopepa MANAHI.
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 29 Hoani married Carol MCKAY. 59 F iv. Pikau Tini Ismalia MANAHI.
BIOGRAPHY: Tini Pukau, her name was Tini (from her grandmother) and Pikau (her father's adopted mother); Tini's father Poai James Manihi, was actually Poai James RIGBY from Wairoa, adopted by Manihi and Pikau, of Ratana Pa. Pikau died in 1999. The above information was supplied by Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan.
Pikau married Mare CROFTS "Jacko". 60 M v. Tama Te Hau MANAHI. Tama married Eileen BLACK. 61 M vi. Pilot MANAHI. Pilot married Kay MOONLIGHT. 62 F vii. Reo MANAHI. Reo married William SOLOMAN. William died on 9 Feb 2001. 63 F viii. Jenice Te Kahurangi Kahurangi MANAHI. 64 F ix. Ann MANAHI. Ann married Ronald SMART. 65 F x. Mary MANAHI died . 66 M xi. Robert Rigby MANAHI. Robert married Debbie NGATAI. 67 F xii. Marie MANAHI. Marie married Peter MERTHENS.
Sources 1. Report on the Death of Te Rino Tirikatene (newspaper), 'Otago Daily Times', 4 Dec 1995, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, 230 Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "CLARK MOURNES Wellington (PA) The Labour Party's candidate for the Te Puku O Te Whenua electorate in the next election, Te Rino Tirikatene (54), died yesterday. Labour leader, Helen Clark paid tribute to him in a statement, saying she was deeply saddened by is death." 2. Death Notice for Te Rau Oriwa Aprira Mokomoko (newspaper), 'Otago Daily Times', 5 Jan 2000, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "MOKOMOKO, Te Rau Oriwa Aporora, of Kaiapoi. - On January 4, 2000, passed away peacefully, at Dunedin Hospital, loved husband of Piki, loved father of April, Matthew, Allan, David, Tracey, and Kaye, loved father-in-law of Helen, Albert, and much loved poua o Nga and Mokopuna. - We will be at Gulliver and Tyler's Chapel, 18 Albert Street, Rangiora, North Canterbury, on Thursday night, January 6. Funeral service held at 11 a.m., Saturday, January 8. Messages to 2 Camleigh Place, Kaiapoi, North Canterbury."
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Name No. Page Name No. Page -, 54S 29 MANAHI, Ann 64 30 , Sam Bennett 43S 28 MANAHI, Hoani Hopepa 58 29 45S 28 MANAHI, James Poai 17S 29 BAILEY, Taare Terutu 26S 17 MANAHI, Jenice Te KK 63 30 31S 25 MANAHI, Marie 67 30 BLACK, Eileen 60S 30 MANAHI, Mary 65 30 BLACK, James 14S 28 MANAHI, Pikau Tini Ismalia 59 30 BLACK, Te Maramatanga 43 28 MANAHI, Pilot 61 30 45 28 MANAHI, Poai James 37 27 BRODIE, Edward 39S 28 57 29 BROWN, Rodger 52S 29 MANAHI, Reo 62 30 BROWN, Rodger 53S 29 MANAHI, Robert Rigby 66 30 BRYDON, Des 53S 29 MANAHI, Tama Te Hau 60 30 BUNGARD, Julius(b.1892) 18S 7 MANAHI, Tiri Hemi 44 28 CRIDLAND, Frederick 51S 29 56 29 CROFTS, Mare 59S 30 MCFETRISH, Mary Esther 33S 25 CROFTS, Raymond 34S 25 38S 27 DAVIS, K 20S 8 MCKAY, Carol 58S 30 DRIVER, Emma Paerata(b.1845) 1 1 MCMILLAN, Anita 49S 29 FLUTEY, Arthur 13S 28 MCPHERSON, Eliza B G(d.1923) 7S 6 FLUTEY, Arthur 41 28 MERTHENS, Peter 67S 30 FLUTEY, Mataara 42 28 MOKOMOKO, Driver 46 28 FLUTEY, Te-Karere 40 28 MOKOMOKO, Isobel Aroha M 48 29 FROST, James Arthur 2S 4 MOKOMOKO, John 15S 28 GOODMAN, Dorothy 37S 27 MOKOMOKO, Sonny 49 29 57S 29 MOKOMOKO, T O A(b.1936) 47 28 HAMPTON, Richard 42S 28 MOONLIGHT, Kay 61S 30 HORAU, Tini Noti TA(b.1886) 3S 4 MUNRO, Frances Elizabeth A 44S 28 HOROMONA, Ruti M T(b.1898) 8S 14 56S 29 HURIA, Whitu Myra 16S 29 NEWSON, James 12S 27 JENNINGS, Isobel G(b.1889) 7S 7 NEWSON, John D TT(b.1942) 33 25 JOHNSON, Dianne 55S 29 38 27 JOSS, John Isaiah(b.1876) 6 2 NGATAI, Debbie 66S 30 JOSS, William(b.1871) 5 2 NGAWATI, Kate Lorraine Puto 32S 25 JOSS, William Timaru(b.1844) 1S 1 ORLOWSKI, Cyril A(b.1904) 18S 7 KELLY, Frederick 48S 29 PAAHI, Tina H Maia(b.1928) 21S 14 KENNADY, Herbert 54S 29 PERE, Annie Riria Tiini 36 27 KORAKO, Tutehonuku 1S 2 PERE, Joseph 11S 26 KOROKO, Tutehounuku 9S 25 PITAMA, Mania 41S 28 KORUARUA, Lena(b.1886) 5S 2 REHAU, Tini H Maia(b.1895) 10S 26 LEE, Flora 46S 28 RUKA, Piki 15S 28 LILLEY, John 40S 28 SMART, Duncan(d.1999) 43S 28
7 Jul 2013 Descendants of Emma Paerata DRIVER Page 31 Name No. Page Name No. Page SMART, Duncan(d.1999) 45S 28 TREGERTHEN, M M(b.1900) 12 4 SMART, Ronald 64S 30 27 SOLOMAN, William(d.2001) 62S 30 TREGERTHEN, Nash 14 5 STANBURY, Colin(d.1999) 36S 27 28 STUART, Heather 28S 24 TREGERTHEN, P W(b.1937) 53 29 SULLIVAN, Denis John 27S 24 TREGERTHEN, Rangimarie 39 28 TE AIKA, Raihia Joan 34 25 TREGERTHEN, Reo 50 29 TIPA, Piki 47S 29 TREGERTHEN, Ria Te Wera 13 5 TIRIKATENE, Adrienne 51 29 27 TIRIKATENE, Amiria H(b.1930) 26 16 TREGERTHEN, T(d.2000) 15 5 TIRIKATENE, Arapata(b.1939) 55 29 28 TIRIKATENE, E A N(b.1921) 21 14 TREGERTHEN, Wikitoria T 11 4 TIRIKATENE, E T T M K(b.1895) 8 4 26 8 VLASSOFF, Kira 30S 25 TIRIKATENE, H J D(b.1926) 24 16 35 26 TIRIKATENE, John A(b.1923) 23 14 TIRIKATENE, J(b.1938) 54 29 TIRIKATENE, R V(b.1922) 22 14 TIRIKATENE, Rimu Ruti(b.1938) 31 25 TIRIKATENE, Te K(b.1934) 28 24 TIRIKATENE, Te M(b.1935) 30 24 TIRIKATENE, Te Reo T(b.1935) 29 24 TIRIKATENE, Te-Rino(b.1940) 32 25 TIRIKATENE, T M M O(b.1932) 27 17 TIRIKATENE, Tuhuru(b.1927) 25 16 TIRIKATENE, Wiki 52 29 TREGERTHEN, Alice(b.1926) 19 8 TREGERTHEN, Brodie(b.1912) 18 7 TREGERTHEN, Edward(b.1867) 4 1 TREGERTHEN, Ema 9 4 25 TREGERTHEN, Ismalia D 17 5 29 TREGERTHEN, John(b.1833) 1S 1 TREGERTHEN, John D(b.1865) 3 1 4 TREGERTHEN, John E(b.1882) 7 4 6 TREGERTHEN, John H(b.1898) 10 4 25 TREGERTHEN, John William 16 5 29 TREGERTHEN, Mary 20 8 TREGERTHEN, Mary D(b.1863) 2 1 4
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