Maata Mahupuku
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Maata Mahupuku, also known as Martha Grace and Martha Asher, was the muse and lover of short-story writer Katherine Mansfield. Of Māori ancestry, descended from a New Zealand tribal leader, she identi
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Martha Grace aka Maata Mahupuku in a school photo in 1901
Ngāti Kahungunu
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Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa regions. The Kahungunu iwi also com
Maata Mahupuku
…the muse and lover of short-story writer Katherine Mansfield. Of Māori ancestry, descended from a New Zealand tribal leader, she identified with the Ngati Kahungunu iwi. Mahupuku was the granddaughter of a Maori chief, Wiremu Mahupuku. She was born in Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand , on 10 April 1890. Her father…
The ancestor Kahungunu depicted with the canoe paddle of a navigator
Students at Te Aute College in 1880