Ria Tikini

[7] Tikini was tattooed in the tuhi style, "each side of her face being adorned with two straight lines and from mouth to ear".

[8] Taylor photographed her in 1907 wearing a large korowai, probably a family heirloom, along with a feather in a headscarf as a symbol of high status,[7] and referred to her as a "rangatira wahine" or female chief.

Despite being several times pushed back by an "officious" policeman, she was brought forward by his superior and the royal party shook hands and spoke with her.

The sister's land in Kaiapoi was in the name of her husband, but as he was not a member of that area, Tikini attempted to have the title amended in her own favour.

[1] W. A. Taylor often gathered with Tikini among others including Mere Harper on a slope on the Huriawa Peninsula to talk about historic events.

An interpretive panel overlooking the Waikouaiti River was updated as a result,[12] and in 2020, Plunket rebranded its logo to acknowledge its founding Māori midwives.