Airini Donnelly

Airini Karauria Tamiwhakakiteaoterangi Donnelly or Airini Tonore (c.1855 – 7 June 1909) was a New Zealand tribal leader, lawyer, and landowner of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngati Kahungunu iwi. She served as an advocate in the Native Land Court in Rangitikei and was involved in numerous land deals that made her powerful.

She was born in Puketapu, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand where her mother was Haromi Te Ata and her father was Ngati Kahungunu chief Karauria or Karauria Pupu, She was the great-niece of Tareha Te Moananui.[1] Following her marriage to an Irish immigrant George Prior 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 in a case known as Broughton v. Donnelly.[2]

References
  1. Grant, S. W. "Airini Donnelly". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  2. "The Mohaka ki Ahuriri Report". Waitangi Tribunal. 2004. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2013.


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