Niniwa Heremaia
(Redirected from Niniwa-i-te-rangi)
Niniwa Heremaia or Niniwa-i-te-rangi (6 Apr 1854 – 23 Mar 1929) was a Maori leader in New Zealand.
In 1898 during Parliament's Native Affairs Committee inquiry into Maori land legislation, she was the only woman to give evidence.[1] 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.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Ministry for Culture and Heritage. "Niniwa Heremaia". Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ Ballara, Angela. "Niniwa-i-te-rangi". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.