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Iehu marena Raiha Piripi [140] [MRIN: 39]. Raiha died in 1948.
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: (Korero taken from "Not here by Chance") Raiha Piripi; Ngati Kahu
Iwi, was a midwife and with Heeni Pita were responsible for looking after all pregnancies in
Pukepoto and the surrounding area. Raiha could be found at all hours of the day in her gardens, she
was of the "old school" she couldn't sit still, fussing about in her garden and keeping an eye on the
little fire she always seemed to have on the go for the weeds and leaves. She also spent time over the
summer months at nearby Reef Point collecting seaweed to supplement her meagre pension. Raiha
spoke very little english and maintained her links to the old customs.

Raiha's property at Aurere in Doubtless Bay had been occupied by Maori for many, many
generations. According to Timoti Wharemate Puhipi, Tamatea a chief of Ngati te Awa occupied the
country from Pukepoto to Aurere including the shores of Rangaunu Bay. He migrated southward for
some reason which is not quite clear but was vaguely described as "He mate kino i pa mai ki taua
iwi" (a great sickness which fell upon the people). With reference to this mate or sickness at
Aurere near Taipa there used to be quantities of bones and skulls bare on the sandy flat near the
river. This was a large kainga of Ngati te Awa but the people of the place were smitten with a
strange disease which appeared as black spots on the face and chest and which killed many of the
inhabitants, in fact, so great was the mortality that the survivors fled panic stricken leaving dead
bodies unburied. These facts seem to point to a pestilence as having been the chief cause of the
abandonment of the north by Tamatea's people. The reason of it given by tradition is witchcraft as is
often the case when anything happens that Maori cannot readily account for. The plague is said to
have commenced after a cannibal feast on some bodies which had lain for a considerable time in the
summer sun. This is a "blank entry to avoid duplication. Refer RIN13709.
Na Tamariki o te Marena:
+ 469 M i. Timoti Puhipi [165] was born about 1904 and died about 1983 aged about 79.
470 M ii. Kokori Puhipi [166].
471 F iii. Akinihi Puhipi [167].
472 F iv. Hopaea Puhipi [168].
473 M v. Herewini Puhipi [169].
474 M vi. Ngarama Puhipi [170]. Another name for Ngarama was Biart.
475 F vii. Weia Puhipi [171].
476 F viii. Moira Puhipi [172].

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263. Taha Rahera Kahutaha Puhipi [133] (Wharemate Timoti Puhipi , TeRipi ,
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Ruakuru , NgaMotu , TARUTARU , TeUruKauri , Tumaingarua , Taranga
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, Toakai , Patito , Houpure , Tamamoko , Tamahotu , TUMOANA )
was born on 19 Apr 1881.
Taha marena Ruka Herewini [142] [MRIN: 41], son of John Hardiman [6384] and
Roka [6385].
Rahera Puhipi
Na Tamariki o te Marena:
477 M i. Hokena Puhipi [158].

Hokena Puhipi