She may be best known for her resistance to the conscription of the Maori for military service during WW One. She also was personally involved in the hiding of Maori conscripts from the New Zealand government.
The Princess also was active in her support of orphaned children and a leader in providing agrarian reforms in an effort to make the Maori self-sufficient.
Princess Te Puea Herangi was from the Tainui tribe.
Princess Te Puea Herangi was from the Tainui tribe.
Te Puea Herangi died in 1952.
Te Puea Herangi was born in 1883.
Te Puea Herangi (Te Kirihaehae) was Ngati Mahuta (from her mother's side) and Ngati Apakura (from her father's side) of Tainui Iwi.
Her mother was Ngati Mahuta and her father was Ngati Apakura, both Iwi of Waikato, Tainui.
Te Puea dragged the King Mahuta to safety from a stampede of horses. She became known far beyond her own tribe, and community leaders increasingly consulted her. During a great influenza outbreak in 1918 she cared for the sick and improved the sanitation conditions for the Maori people.
Puea Pandin Party was created in 2007.
Te Puea Kirihaehae Katipa nee Tāwhiao is from the Waikato iwi of Tainui.
Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party was created on 2007-10-03.
Te Puea Herangis was a woman who helped re-establish the Kingitanga or King's Movement in Tainui lands. This occurred during the First World War.
Te Puea Kirihaehae Katipa nee Tāwhiao is from the Waikato iwi of Tainui.