Keita Kaitiri 1818-
Wyllie Ancestry tree, 778 people - Catherine Wyllie descended from Keita's daughter, Kate's 1st marriage
1818. Keita Kaitiri born to Noamatai 1795 & Ani Ranga Matepi 1798 - Wyllie tree
Her parents married at Turanganuiakiwa. Parents of Noamatai were TeHorakarau 1750 & Raparapa 1775
~1839.Keita Kaitiri appears to become the 5th Maori wife of Thomas Halbert
"During the 1840s Halbert entered a fifth, more stable marriage, with Keita Kaikiri of Rongowhakaata, a close relative of Raharuhi Rukupo"- from N.Z. Teara site
1840/1 Kate (keita/Isabella) Halbert was born Tutoko, Waerenga-a-Hika, Gisborne, Poverty Bay, NZ to Thomas & Keita
Other children were: Hera(Sarah) Ngaihika Halbert 1850-1920; Mere Halbert 1863-1932; Maata Rewanga Halbert 1856-1874
1853. Thomas Halbert a trader and a householder in Poverty Bay : a settler and a freeholder in Tauranga, Poverty Bay - NZ Electoral Rolls
1865. Thomas Halbert died 12 Apr 1865: drowned in the Taruheru River, Gisborne, Poverty Bay, New Zealand. Buried in Makaraka cemetery : wife listed as Riria Mauuaranui( she wife number 4) : children as : Maata Rewanga Halbert Cuff; Mere Ann Halbert Gordon; Kate Halbert Gannon; Maud Halbert Mataira; Thomas Halbert & Wiremu Pere - Findagrave : grave maintined by Cerberus
???? Keita Halbert died Turanga