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Ria Tikini
Ria Tikini or Ria Te Kini (ca.1810 – 19 July 1919), also known as Mrs Chicken, was a businesswoman, cultural informant, and midwife of Kāi Tahu and Kāti Mamoe, New Zealand Maori, descent. She was an informant for ethnographer William Anderson Taylor's work on Kāi Tahu history, and is credited as one of the midwives who paved the way for the creation of the Plunket Society of New Zealand. Personal life Tikini was born around 1810 at Ruapuke Island. She was 17 at the time of Te Rauparaha's attacks on Kaiapoi, whether this referred to the initial raid in 1827 or to the later capture in 1831. She was variously said to be 20 or a young woman in the early 1840s during the Wesleyan missions of Reverends Watkin and Creed at Old Waikouaiti. Little is documented about her family, however Tikini had an elder sister. She married Tikini Paha and adopted (in the traditional whāngai way) a son Henare (Henry) Parata. She lived in a small wooden house below the railway line on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ria Tikini (cropped)
Ria Tikini or Ria Te Kini (ca.1810 – 19 July 1919), also known as Mrs Chicken, was a businesswoman, cultural informant, and midwife of Kāi Tahu and Kāti Mamoe, New Zealand Māori people, Maori, descent. She was an informant for ethnographer William Anderson Taylor's work on Kāi Tahu history, and is credited as one of the midwives who paved the way for the creation of the Plunket Society of New Zealand. Personal life Tikini was born around 1810 at Ruapuke Island. She was 17 at the time of Te Rauparaha's attacks on Kaiapoi, whether this referred to the initial raid in 1827 or to the later capture in 1831. She was variously said to be 20 or a young woman in the early 1840s during the Wesleyan missions of Reverends Watkin and Creed at Karitāne, Old Waikouaiti. Little is documented about her family, however Tikini had an elder sister. She married Tikini Paha and adopted (in the traditional whāngai adoption, whāngai way) a son Henare (Henry) Parata. She lived in a small wooden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |