Heni Materoa Carroll
Hēni Materoa Carroll, Lady Carroll OBE (1852 or 1856 – 1 Nov 1930), also known at Te Huinga, was a leader of the Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and wife of politician James Carroll.
Te Huinga was born in the 1850s at Makauri in Poverty Bay the daughter of Riperata Kahutia and Mikaera Turangi.[1] She married James Carroll, who was known as Timi Kara, on 4 July 1881 becoming a Catholic at his request.[1] The couple had no children but she adopted her nephew and two other boys as well as looking after many other children.[1] Kingi Areta Keiha was her brother's son.
She became chief of her people when her mother died in 1887.[2] When her husband was elected to Parliament in 1887 Te Huinga remained in Gisborne living in a house the couple built in Kahutia Street.[3] She was dedicated to the welfare of the Māori people in the area and encouraged traditional crafts.[1] She gave financial support to the Kahutia Bowling Club and the Carroll Shield for a ladies' hockey competition between Poverty Bay and Hawkes Bay.[1] She also gave land for churches and public buildings.[1] A donation of an acre of land enabled the construction of a children's home Heni Mataroa Home which opened in 1913.[4]
During World War I she dedicated efforts to supporting Māori soldiers, and became chairperson of the Eastern Māori Patriotic Association.[3] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours for her work for orphanages and fundraising during the war.[1]
Te Huinga died in 1930 and was buried with her husband in the Makaraka cemetery in Gisborne.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Macgregor, Miriam (1973). "Heni Materoa (Lady Carroll OBE)". Petticoat Pioneers: North Island Women of the Colonial Era. Vol. 1. A.H. & A.W. Reed. pp. 24–28. ISBN 0589011340.
- ^ Ministry for Culture and Heritage. "Heni Materoa Carroll". Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ a b Robinson, Sheila. "Carroll, Heni Materoa". Te Ara Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "The cry of the children". Gisborne Times. 2 May 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 7 October 2024.