DEATH OF CHIEFTAINESS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 87, 9 October 1937, Page 18

DEATH OF CHIEFTAINESS

News has been received of the death ol Mrs. Te Faea Keretene, or Cherrington, wife of Canon Wiremu Cherrington, at the age of 59. Mrs. Cherringlon was a chieftainess in her own right, and was well known to the Maoris in the north. She was deeply interested in the welfare of. her race, and, being highly respected, her funeral was one of the largest held for some years, there being representatives of five of the largest tribes of the Ngapuhis. Mrs. Cherrington was born at Otiria, and forty years ago married the Rev. Wiremu Cherrington, and assisted him in a number of pastorates, including Helensville, Orakei, and Waimate North. In 1909 they went to Ngararatunua, and about fourteen years ago her husband was made a Canon of St. Mary's Cathedral, Auckland. She leaves her husband and a family of six. Many good works could be credited to Mrs. Cherrington, including the formation of thirty branches of the Mothers' Union, She also approved of the Native land development scheme, and, largely owing to her influence, 25,000 acres in the Motatu block were taken up with the best results. Mrs. Cherrington will be missed by a large circle of both Maori and pakeha friends.