Te Rau-O-Te-Rangi, Kahe (?–c. 1871)
Te Rau-O-Te-Rangi, Kahe (?–c. 1871)
Maori tribal leader, trader, and innkeeper. Name variations: Kahe Nicoll, Kahe Nicholl, Peti Nicoll, Peti Nicholl. Died c. 1871; dau. of Te Maroha and Te Hautonga; m. John (Scotch Jock) Nicoll (Nicholl), 1841 (died 1886); children: 5.
Worked with husband as trader; became famous for swimming 7 miles from Kapiti to the mainland with child strapped to her back to warn people of impending attack; was one of 5 women who signed Treaty of Waitangi (1840); kept inn with husband at Paekakariki (1845).
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).
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