Queenie Karaunatia COOKE (1941 – 2024)
Name
Queenie Karaunatia CookeMaiden name
WaereaGender
FemaleBirthdate
31 December 1941Birthplace
Wairoa HospitalDate of death
20 February 2024Parents
- Hemi Waerea
- Puti Edwards
Partner(s)
Children
- Ruanui Sonny Birch
- Paul Cooke
- Theresa Cooke
- Sandra Jane Cooke
Primary education
Pakipaki SchoolSecondary education
Hastings Girls' High SchoolRelated collections
Biography
Three brothers, four sisters
Family moved from Nuhaka to Bridge Pa, 1945
Ruanui adopted child from first marriage
Worked at Dominion Restaurant, Birds Eye, in shearing gang
Owned Bridge Pa store
Degree in early childhood education and Mātauranga Māori
Accession number
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