Mrs Te Amohaere Gardiner

Te Ao Hou, March 1963, Page 64

Mrs Te Amohaere Gardiner Mrs Te Amohaere Gardiner, who died recently at Whakatane, aged 67 years, was the eldest daughter of George Powell (Hori Pawa), a leading elder and chief of the Ngatiawa sub-tribe of Matatua. She attended Queen Victoria Maori Girls' College 1910–1911, took up Mission work at Paeroa with the Rev. Cowie, later Bishop Cowie of Auckland and married Tamehana Gardiner of Ngati Pikiao of Te Arawa, later a member of the Arawa Trust Board. Te Amohaere was a very active member of the tribe, and was in many organisations during the First World War, being Secretary and Treasurer for the Sub-tribe Ngati Tamateatutahi a Kawaiti sub tribe on Ngati Pikiao. She was chairman of the Waiti Nahue School, Rotoiti, and associate to the returning officer at Rotoiti. Besides being one of the original members of the Health League under Nurse Cameron, she was a member of the Mother's League at Te Teko, and was also active in fund-raising organisations during the second World War.