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Aoteaora's first Maori police woman

Evelyn Mete Kingi was born Evelyn Owen in Moerewa and has been described as a woman of resilience and character. She was born in 1922 and joined the third intake of women into the police force in Wellington in 1943 then serving in Auckland. Back then women were expected to get married, stay at home and have babies instead of having a career. After 3 years she left to marry but then later became a justice of the peace. She passed away in 2018 and was honoured by at her tangi at Maungarongo Marae by Northland District Commander Superintendent Russell Le Prou and Far North Area Commander Riki Whiu. Evelyn's story is part of the book "Tact and Tenacity: New Zealand Women in Policing". Join us on Facebook at the Northland Heritage Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1109709272401824/

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