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Port Molyneux : the story of Maori and pakeha in South Otago : a centennial history : commemorating the landing of George Willsher and his companions at Willsher Bay, June 28, 1840 : with a programme for the unveiling of the centennial cairn, erected by the Clutha County Council, June 28, 1940

Makariri

Makariri.

Makariri was the daughter of Toke, who was the wife of Tahu, a chief of Matau. Makariri was well known for many years. She kept house for Willsher, and many wonderful stories are told about her. She protected Willsher “from being killed and eaten by the Maoris”; she swam out to the rocks of Willsher Bay, and made Willsher very worried; the early settlers sometimes referred to her as a “Maori princess.”