Mrs Hinemarie Tirikatene-Bailey

Te Ao Hou, December 1963, Page 64

Mrs Hinemarie Tirikatene-Bailey The death has occurred of Mrs Hinemarie Tirikatene-Bailey, aged 33 years, wife of Charles Bailey of Waitara, and daughter of the Hon. Sir Eruera and Lady Tirikatene. Mrs Tirikatene-Bailey died on 4 September 1963. She leaves four young children: three daughters, Tiri-Marie, Ra and Tania, and a two-months-old son, Charles. Mrs Tirikatene-Bailey was affiliated with the Ngaitahu tribe through both parents, with Ngati Kahungunu through Lady Tirikatene, and also with Ngati Toa through her father. Her husband is the eldest child of the late Rangi Bailey and Mrs Hariata Bailey, of Waitara. Born at Mohaka, Hawkes Bay, she attended both the Ratana Pa and Kaiapoi Primary Schools, and the Rangiora High School, North Canterbury. She was also a graduate of the N.Z. Academy of Hairdressing and Beauty Culture and practised in Wellington before undertaking secretarial work for her father, during the latter years of the first Labour Government when Sir Eruera was Minister representing the Maori Race on the Executive Council. In this capacity she travelled extensively with her father, and became well-known throughout the length and breadth of New Zealand. Upon marriage in 1950, she moved to Waitara where her husband's family are old identities. There she took an enthusiastic interest in her husband's farming activities and, together with him, established the Waitara Landrace Stud. She was president of the Waitara School Committee and a member of the Waitara Parent-Teachers Association. Together with her husband, she participated actively in the community life of the district, and undertook much voluntary social work. Her tangi was held at Manukorihi Meeting House, Manukorihi Pa, Waitara. Her father, Sir Eruera, and her younger brother, Rino, who are both Ministers in the Ratana Church, conducted the funeral service.