Rawinia Taitumu Described as a ‘living link between generations’. Mrs Taitumu died at Orakei at the age of about 120 years. She was born at Te Kohanga, near Tuakau, and lived much of her life in the Helensville district. Her recollections about Helensville and the arrival of the pioneers, John and Isaac MacLeod and their wives, indicated her great age. Mrs Taitimu could recall the MacLeods, who arrived in 1862, especially Janet, Isaac's wife, and their two-year-old son Andrew. She described the nikau palm whares the Maoris built for the MacLeods, and was a friend to many generations of the family. Mrs Taitumu was buried in a special area at Orakei reserved for the descendents of a former paramount chief of Tamaki—she was a foster mother to many of his descendants.
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Te Ao Hou, 1972, Page 3
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