# Arihia Ngata

> Arihia Kane Ngata, Lady Ngata, was a New Zealand community leader. Born at Whareponga, she married Āpirana Ngata at age sixteen, and together they had fifteen children. During the First World War she organised fundraising efforts and hosted young army recruits, and after the war she continued to host young men who came to learn sheepfarming skills from her iwi (tribe) of Ngāti Porou. She supported the temperance movement and the Anglican church, and throughout her life supported her husband's political efforts, including through taking a leadership role with Ngāti Porou. She died young after contracting dysentery.

*Ngati Porou woman of mana*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/arihia-ngata

## Identity
- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Born:** 1879
- **Died:** 1929-04-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Arihia Kane Ngata, Lady Ngata, was a New Zealand community leader. Born at Whareponga, she married Āpirana Ngata at age sixteen, and together they had fifteen children. During the First World War she organised fundraising efforts and hosted young army recruits, and after the war she continued to host young men who came to learn sheepfarming skills from her iwi (tribe) of Ngāti Porou. She supported the temperance movement and the Anglican church, and throughout her life supported her husband's political efforts, including through taking a leadership role with Ngāti Porou. She died young after contracting dysentery.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 36.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 1.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 44.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Arihia Ngata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arihia_Ngata)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23930928)

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