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For many years, nurse Alenehi Hei, who trained at Napier Hospital and registered in 1908, was regarded as the first Maori to gain registration.
However, in 2001, research by former Auckland Hospital nurse educator Diana Stuart Masters showed she was predated by Auckland Hospital nurse Mereana Tangata, who registered under her European name, Mary Ann Leonard, in 1902.
Tangata came from Peria, near Kaitaia. After completing her secondary schooling at Hukarere School in Napier, she moved to Auckland, becoming a nurse probationer...





