. . . "M\u0113para Te Aowhaitini Mangak\u0101hia (4 September 1899 \u2013 23 August 1940), known by the anglicised version Mabel of her given name, was a New Zealand district nurse who provided health support to M\u0101ori communities across the North Island. She was the most eminent and successful M\u0101ori nurse of her day. Mangak\u0101hia died of cancer in 1940 aged 40. She is buried at Whangapoua."@en . "3007"^^ . . "M\u0113para Te Aowhaitini Mangak\u0101hia (4 September 1899 \u2013 23 August 1940), known by the anglicised version Mabel of her given name, was a New Zealand district nurse who provided health support to M\u0101ori communities across the North Island. She was the most eminent and successful M\u0101ori nurse of her day. Of M\u0101ori descent, she identified with the Ng\u0101ti Whanaunga and Te Rarawa iwi. She was born in Whangapoua on Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand on 4 September 1899, the daughter of Meri Mangak\u0101hia and H\u0101miora Mangak\u0101hia. She attended Auckland Girls' Grammar School and Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls. She completed her general nursing studies in Auckland in 1923. She did her maternity nursing studies at St Helens Hospital in Auckland in 1927. In 1939, Mangak\u0101hia became one of the first M\u0101ori women to complete a postgraduate nursing studies course. The image, taken in Wellington, is of her graduating class. In 1925 she became assistant district health nurse in Rawene. She was one of a few qualified Maori district nurses serving Maori communities. After taking a midwifery course in 1928 she transferred to Auckland as a district nurse in 1929. In 1930 she transferred to Tokaanu where the T\u016Bwharetoa Trust Board contributed to the upkeep of her position. In the 1930s she worked in \u014Ctaki, Te Araroa and Hamilton. Much of her work involved travel to and from M\u0101ori communities. Mangak\u0101hia died of cancer in 1940 aged 40. She is buried at Whangapoua."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "34576131"^^ . . . . . . "1115535568"^^ . . . . . . . "Mabel Mangak\u0101hia"@en . . . . .