Ripeka Wharawhara Love

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(28 June 1882 – 6 April 1953) was a

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community leader. She was born on 28 June 1882 and was a member of Te Āti Awa. At age 15, Ripeka Love married

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with whom she had ten children, seven surviving infancy. Two of the male children were Eruera Te Whiti o Rongomai Love and Makere Rangiatea Ralph Love. She was named an

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in 1918.

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1882 births 1953 deaths New Zealand Anglicans Te Āti Awa people Officers of the Order of the British Empire New Zealand community activists {{Māori-bio-stub