Lady Parehuia Carroll

Te Ao Hou, December 1965, Page 63

Lady Parehuia Carroll The death occurred on 1 September of Lady Parehuia Carroll, wife of Sir Turi Carroll, chairman of the New Zealand Maori Council. A member of the Ngati Kahungunu tribe, she was in her 68th year. She and her husband married in 1922 and had one child, Mrs Mako Paku. Widely known and loved, Lady Carroll was a tireless worker for her people. A gentle woman of unfailing kindness, she constantly supported her husband in his work, though remaining unobtrusively in the background. Many hundreds of Maori and Pakeha mourners gathered at Taihoa marae for the funeral. Among those present were Mr J. R. Harrison, M.P. for Hawkes Bay, who represented the Prime Minister Mr K. J. Holyoake, the Minister for Maori Affairs, Mr J. R. Hanan, and Sir Eruera Tirakatene, M.P. for Southern Maori. The Primate of New Zealand, Archbishop N. A. Lesser, presided at the service. The cortege then moved to her home marae at Huramua, and to the family cemetery there.