What is Heni Materoa Carroll?
'''Heni Materoa Carroll''' (1850s to November 1, 1930) also known as '''Te Huinga''' was a leader of the [[Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki]] (a group of the [[Māori people|Māori]])) and wife of [[wikt|politician]] [[James Carroll]]. She became [[wikt|chief]] of her people when her mother died in 1887.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|title=Heni Materoa Carroll|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/heni-materoa-carroll|accessdate=24 April 2011|archive-date=25 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825003639/http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/heni-materoa-carroll|url-status=dead}}</ref> When her husband was elected to [[Parliament]], she did not move from [[Gisborne, New Zealand|Gisborne]]. During [[World War I]] she worked to support Māori soldiers. She became chairperson of the Eastern Māori Patriotic Association.<ref>{{cite web|last=Robinson|first=Sheila|title=Carroll, Heni Materoa|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3c5/1|work=Te Ara Dictionary of New Zealand Biography|accessdate=24 April 2011}}</ref> She was given the [[Order of the British Empire]] in 1918. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, Heni Materoa}} [[Category:1930 deaths]] [[Category:1850s births]] [[Category:New Zealand Māori people]]