OBITUARY
MRS HEKETA (P.A.) WELLINGTON, September 25. The death has occurred of Mrs Pirihira Heketa, a Well-known chieftainess of the Ngati-Whatu-I-Apiti, of Hawke’s Bay, aged 63. During the war she was prominent in activities of the Ngati-Poneke Maori Association, receiving the British Empire Medal. She was prominently associated with the Church of England* Her husband is an official of the Native Department. Her daughter is Mrs Scott, wife of Major A. J. Scott, resident agent at Mauke. A son is a student at Te Aute College.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25299, 26 September 1947, Page 2
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