Piipi Raumati Cummins

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.[1] She identified with the Te Roroa iwi and was the youngest of the five children of the Te Roroa leader Tiopira Kīnaki.[1] She married Samuel Thompson Cummins, a Scottish shipbuilder, on 10 December 1886.[2][3] The marriage was against the wishes of her family.[1][3]

Cummins became a Māori tribal leader, kauri-gum dealer, storekeeper and land rights activist.[1][2] She participated in tribal hui and in 1901 and 1910 she represented her people in claims to customary land before the Native Land Court.[1]

Cummins died at Waipoua on 9 August 1952.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Hooker, Garry. "Piipi Raumati Cummins". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Cummins, Piipi Raumati, -1952". National Library Wellington. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b Wanhalla, Angela (1 January 2014). Matters of the Heart: A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand. Auckland University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-77558-121-5.


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