Airini Donnelly

Airini Donnelly (c.1855–7 June 1909) was a New Zealand tribal leader and landowner. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngati Kahungunu iwi.

She was born in Puketapu, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, and was the great-niece of Tareha Te Moananui.[1] Following her marriage to George Donnelly in 1877, she became relatively wealthy, and fell out with some of her Maori relations when she became involved in a dispute over land ownership.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Grant, S. W. "Airini Donnelly". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
  2. ↑ Waitangi Tribunal: The Mohaka ki Ahuriri Report 2004. Accessed 13 March 2013


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