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Regional | Earthquake

Mangamaunu matriarch refused to leave quake-stricken Kaikōura

Two days before the Canterbury earthquake Phyllis Papworth celebrated her 80th milestone with 90 of her immediate whānau in Kaikoura. She is one of the last surviving kuia of Mangamaunu Marae north of the quake-stricken town, yet she refused to leave.