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Death Of Mrs. Katarina

MEMBERS of the Polynesian Club of Sydney recently suffered the loss of a fellow-member, in the sudden passing of Mrs. Katarina Nehua Barley, who formerly lived in the Bay of Islands Bistrict, New Zealand. She was a chief tainess of the Ngapuhi people of North Auckland, and was a direct descendant of Eruera Maihi Patuone, a chieftain of

the Ngatihao of Hokianga. Patuone and his famous elder brother, Tamati Waaka Nene, through their chiefly position and Maori eloquence, did a lot towards per suading other Maori chiefs to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, over a century ago, whereby New Zealand came under British rule. Mjrs. Barley was a sweet singer, and was expert with the Maori Poi; and, with her five daughters, she made many appearances with the Club’s Concert Party, which entertained at so many military camps and hospitals dur ing and after the War.

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