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Te Aitanga a Tumoana

2019 in Rangihaukaha Urupa Pukepoto.
+ 869 F iii. Vera Puhipi [2652] was born in 1934 and died on 29 Apr 1999 at age 65.
+ 870 M iv. Brown Puhipi [2653] was born on 17 Sep 1936 and died on 18 May 2015 at age 78.
871 M v. Dixon Puhipi [2654] was born on 11 Feb 1939 and died on 18 Mar 2012 at age 73.
Another name for Dixon was Shorty.
872 M vi. Pukeroa Monty Puhipi [2655] was born on 9 Aug 1940 and died on 19 Jun 2018 at age
77.
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Maata Puhipi
Maata marena Huirea Hobson [188] [MRIN: 53].

Huirea Hobson

Na Tamaiti o te Marena:
873 F i. Marara Hobson QSM [2667] was born in 1930. Another name for
Marara is Myra.
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: Myra Berghan; is a stalwart, along with
many others, who helped establish the Kohanga Reo movement in
Te Hiku o Te Ika during the early 1980s, starting at her marae of
Mahimaru. She stands as a mother figure to many and remains a
backbone for her whanau of the Far North community. She is also
known for her various voluntary positions.
Marara Hobson
"A lot of people regard her as Mumsy. In fact, in her 80th
birthday, that's what she's termed, Mumsy, and that's because she treats everyone like
her children," Carol Berghan, Nanny Myra's daughter, says.

Lisa McNab of Te Paatu says, "Every time I've been here at Mahimaru, Aunty Myra
has been the unflappable kaikaranga at the door, her influence to grow into bigger,
better and brighter."

In 1988, Nanny Myra received her Q.S.M. award for recognition of her contribution to
the Far North community as a Kohanga Reo assessor in Kaitaia. Mere Mangu of
Ngapuhi descent recognises Nanny Myra as a strong and independent woman and says
what she has done does not go unnoticed. She says Nanny Myra is someone who
represents not just Muriwhenua but Ngapuhi-nui-tonu.

Faithful to Te Hahi Mihinare, Nanny Myra has continuously played a core role in the
old Awanui Anglican Church. Bishop Kito Pikaahu acknowledged her at her birthday,
"What I was saying today, she is the exemplar of truth, faith and love. That's why I
say Myra is one of the main matriarchs of the Anglican Church in the North."