Kiti Karaka Riwai, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Moriori and Ngati Mamoe; founding mother
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About Kiti Karaka Riwai
- Kiti Karaka Riwai (12 September 1870 – 21 January 1927) was a New Zealand tribal leader.
- Of Maori and Moriori descent, she identified with the Kati Mamoe iwi.
- She was born in Ruapuke Island, Southland, New Zealand in 1870.
- Her first husband was Riwai Te Ropiha, a Moriori of the Chatham Islands, with whom she had nine children.
- Her second husband was Te Ao Ahitana Matenga (Joseph Ashton) of Ngati Kahungunu, with whom she had one child, Joey Ashton.
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