i Raro Timu Raro Take Ngāi Tahu Birthing Traditions Wāhine of Ngāti Irakehu, Banks Peninsula. Amiria Puhirere (standing on the right) is my whānaunga. She was a well-known midwife in the Horomaka region in late 1800s through to the 1900s. A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences By Kelly Waiana Tikao The University of Canterbury, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha 2020