Manihira (Hira) Royal (nee Te Ra Purewa)

28.10.1932 – 10.11.2024

Hira Royal, a much-loved and respected member of the Ōtaki community, died at the War Veterans Home in Levin on Sunday (November 10).

Hira was 92. For the past four months she had been living at the Levin rest home. Her husband, Wehi, died only last year, on December 6. 

They married on February 4, 1950, at Raukawa Marae.

Together they brought up 11 of their own children, and whāngai daughter Meilene Pou.

Hira served as a minister at Rangiātea Church and was well known for her many voluntary activities in the community.