Career
Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Tarawhai, Te Arawa and Tuhourangi iwi. A granddaughter of Tene Waitere, she was born in Ngapuna, near Rotorua, New Zealand. She attended Hukarere Native School for Girls.
Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Tarawhai, Te Arawa and Tuhourangi iwi. A granddaughter of Tene Waitere, she was born in Ngapuna, near Rotorua, New Zealand. She attended Hukarere Native School for Girls.
In the 1957 New Year Honours she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the tourist movement.