Materoa Reedy (née Ngarimu, 1881–1944) was a New Zealand tribal leader. Of

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descent, she identified with the

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. She was born in Maraeke, East Coast,

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in 1881, the daughter of Tuta Ngarimu and Makere Rairi. Reedy attended the Hukarere Native School for Girls. She married John Marshall Reedy, the eldest son of Thomas Tyne Reedy, an Irishman, and Mihi Takawhenua Ngawiki Tuhou. Their eldest son was Hanara (Arnold) Tangiawha Te Ohaki Reedy.

Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu VC (7 April 1918 – 27 March 1943) was a New Zealand soldier and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth ...

, the first Māori person to be awarded the

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while serving with New Zealand forces, was her brother's son.

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1881 births 1944 deaths People from the Gisborne District Ngāti Porou people People educated at Hukarere Girls' College {{Māori-bio-stub