Mrs P. P. Parata

Te Ao Hou, September 1964, Page 57

Mrs P. P. Parata Mrs Phyllis Pipiriki Parata died last July in Rotorua, aged 86. A member of the Ngai Tahu tribe, she was born in Otago. In 1912 she came with her husband, the late Mr Thomas Parata, to a farm at Kaharoa. Driven off the farm four years later by bushsickness, Mr and Mrs Parata went to live in Rotorua, where Mr Parata worked in the State Forest and later as greenkeeper for the Rotorua Golf Club. Mrs Parata was a life member of the Rotorua Ladies' Golf Club, the Arawa Women's Bowling Club and the Rotorua Croquet Club, and until recent years she was a keen indoor bowler. She was also a keen follower of rugby. She is survived by two sons, Mr Hunter Parata, Rotorua, and Mr Heke Parata, Wellington. We are always grateful to readers who send us obituary notices. They should be sent to the Editor, ‘Te Ao Hou’, Box 2390, Wellington.