MAORI HEROINE.
STORY OF THE DELAWARE. NEW ZEALAND'S GRACE DARLING. In an address to Rotarinns at Christchurch, Bishop Bennett referred to the lato Huria Matenga, who was known as the "Grace Darling of New Zealand." It was from Huria Matenga, or Mrs. Julia Martin, that the land was purchased for the site of the cable station at t able Bay, Nelson, many years ago, and Bishop Bennett. as a young man, conducted the negotiations. Speaking of lluria Matenga, or "Julia" as she was popularly known, the bishop said that s-he was a very fine woman. .She. had saved the lives of all but one of the crew of the ship Delaware, which went ashore at Cable Bay in 1863. Seeing the position of the vessel, Huria Matenga roused the pa and went in the surf to save them, making three unsuccessful attempts to do so, holding hands with her people. Then she went in alone with a rope and got beyond the breakers, the sailors being pulled to safety one by one by the people ashore. tShe was a woman of fine character She had been dead for some years. The Nelson residents, in recognition of her brave deed, presented her with a gold watch.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20990, 29 September 1931, Page 10
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