Piipi Raumati Cummins
Te Roroa leader, kauri-gum dealer, storekeeper, land rights activist
About Piipi Raumati Cummins
Lived 1862 – 1952 (aged 89–90). Piipi Raumati Cummins was a New Zealand community leader, businessperson and activist.
Piipi Raumati Cummins (c.1862 – 9 August 1952), also known as Piipi Te Kāmana, was a Māori tribal leader, kauri-gum dealer, storekeeper and land rights activist.
Biography Cummins was born in Waihou, near Panguru in Northland, New Zealand c.1862. She identified with the Te Roroa iwi and was the youngest of the five children of the Te Roroa leader Tiopira Kīnaki. The marriage was against the wishes of her family.
Cummins became a Māori tribal leader, kauri-gum dealer, storekeeper and land rights activist. She participated in tribal hui and in 1901 and 1910 she represented her people in claims to customary land before the Native Land Court.
Cummins died at Waipoua on 9 August 1952.
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Who was Piipi Raumati Cummins?
Te Roroa leader, kauri-gum dealer, storekeeper, land rights activist
When was Piipi Raumati Cummins born?
Piipi Raumati Cummins was born in 1862.
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Piipi Raumati Cummins died on 9 August 1952.
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Piipi Raumati Cummins was a community leader, businessperson and activist.
What nationality was Piipi Raumati Cummins?
Piipi Raumati Cummins was New Zealand.
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