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descent, she identified with the

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and

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. She was born in

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on 27 February 1902.

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1902 births 1978 deaths New Zealand Māori weavers Ngāti Awa people Ngāti Maru (Hauraki) People from Coromandel Peninsula Women textile artists {{NewZealand-artist-stub