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A memorial for Pukeora Petterson of Taita, Lower Hutt city, Wellington ,New Zealand
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I haven't posted here for a long time. Why have I suddenly decided to do so? During the last month or so I lost my former wife, my life partner and my best friend. Years of debilitating illness just wore out this great old battler. Her body just wore out a mere three months before her 80th birthday. We as a family had planned on holding an 80th birthday party. We will be holding a memorial instead for Pukeora Petterson, Ngati Porou and East Coast born and bred. A great talker and humourist who could put a lawyer on the back-foot with her arguments, despite little formal education. One can only just imagine what her life may well have been had she not been caught up in a TB epidemic and confined to hospital early in life. She worked hard in her employment mainly in Lower Hutt. She was a great mother,grandmother and great grandmother of her many descendants. Rest In Peace Puke Petterson. Your family and friends will continue to love and remember you and those who attempted to antago...