Māori tribal leader, storekeeper and activist (1862–1952)
Piipi Raumati Cummins (c.1862 – 9 August 1952), also known as Piipi TeKāmana, was a Māori tribal leader, kauri-gum dealer, storekeeper and land rights activist.
Cummins was born in Waihou, near Panguru in Northland, New Zealand c.1862.[1] She identified with the Te Roroaiwi and was the youngest of the five children of the Te Roroa leader Tiopira Kīnaki.[1] She married Samuel Thompson Cummins, a Scottish shipbuilder, on 10 December 1886.[2][3] The marriage was against the wishes of her family.[1][3]
Cummins became a Māori tribal leader, kauri-gum dealer, storekeeper and land rights activist.[1][2] She participated in tribal hui and in 1901 and 1910 she represented her people in claims to customary land before the Native Land Court.[1]
