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Name
  
Niniwa Heremaia


Died
  
March 23, 1929

Niniwa Heremaia Niniwa Heremaia NZHistory New Zealand history online

Niniwa Heremaia or Niniwa-i-te-rangi (6 Apr 1854 to 23 Mar 1929) was a Maori leader in New Zealand.

Niniwa Heremaia Niniwa Heremaia NZHistory New Zealand history online

In 1898 during Parliament’s Native Affairs Committee inquiry into Maori land legislation, she was the only woman to give evidence. She was involved with the formation of several newspapers. The Te Puke ki Hikurangi and Te Tiupiri published in Maori and the Maori Record, an English-language paper for Maori advancement.

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