She attended Waimamaku Native School in the Hokianga, Queen Victoria School and Epsom Girls’ Grammar School. She continued her studies at Auckland Teachers’ Training College and Wellington College of Education. She worked as a primary school teacher and a lecturer in Te Reo Māori at Hamilton Teachers Training College. Her sister Rongo Curry writes ‘Our sister was very dedicated and ambitious in her understanding of the need to have books in Te Reo for children. In her retirement she wrote and produced four booklets. Unfortunately she died too soon as she had so much more to offer. We are left with some unfinished writings.’
Biographical sources
- Correspondence from Rongo Curry on 27 March 1998.
Other
- Horahia (Horahi Te Kupu Kōrero). Pukapuka Tuatahi [Book 1]. Whangarei, N.Z.: Horahia Māori, 1993.
- Horahia (Horahi Te Kupu Kōrero). Pukapuka Tuatahi [Book 2]. Whangarei, N.Z.: Horahia Māori, 1993.
- Horahia (Horahi Te Kupu Kōrero). Pukapuka Tuatoru [Book 3]. Whangarei, N.Z.: Horahia Māori, 1994.
- Horahia (Horahi Te Kupu Kōrero). Pukapuka Tuawha [Book 4]. Whangarei, N.Z.: Horahia Māori, 1994.