Kiti Karaka Riwai, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Kiti Karaka Riwai

Moriori and Ngati Mamoe; founding mother

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1870

Date of Death: 21-Jan-1927

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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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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