Pat Hond

Pat Hond
Pat Hond
Born	Patricia Laura Te Waikapoata Mathieson; 31 March 1927; New Plymouth, New Zealand
Died	18 November 1989 (aged 62); New Plymouth, New Zealand
Occupation	Tribal leader, teacher, soldier, policewoman, community worker
Years active	1948–53, 1976–84 (teacher); 1953–55 (soldier); 1955–58 (policewoman); 1984–89 (community worker)
Spouse(s)	Jeffrey Hond(m. 1958;her death 1989)

Last updated May 01, 2019

Patricia Laura Te Waikapoata Hond (née Mathieson; 31 March 1927–18 November 1989) was a New Zealand tribal leader, teacher, soldier, policewoman and community worker. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Taranaki iwi.^[1]

The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. Māori originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages some time between 1250 and 1300. Over several centuries in isolation, the Polynesian settlers developed a unique culture, with their own language, a rich mythology, and distinctive crafts and performing arts. Early Māori formed tribal groups based on eastern Polynesian social customs and organisation. Horticulture flourished using plants they introduced; later, a prominent warrior culture emerged.

Taranaki (Tuturu) is a Māori iwi of New Zealand.

Iwi are the largest social units in Aotearoa Māori society. The Māori-language word iwi means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in Māori.

Early life

Patricia Laura Te Waikapoata Mathieson was born on 31 March 1927 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, the daughter of Thomas Berge Tupeka "Bert" Mathieson, a motor mechanic, and Norah Laura Te Aroaro o Paritutu Ruakere. She was raised as a Roman Catholic, attending St Joseph's Roman Catholic School in Moturoa and Sacred Heart Convent High School in Fitzroy in her youth. She is one of seven children, having four brothers and two sisters.^[1]

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Moturoa is a coastal suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the west of the city centre. The population was 3,558 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 315 from 2001.

Career

1948–53: Teaching

Training as a teacher in Auckland, Mathieson began teaching in a number of schools; in Ohura, in Tokomaru Bay, and St Joseph's Māori Girls' College in Taradale, Napier.^[1]

Auckland is a city in the North Island of New Zealand. Auckland is the largest urban area in the country, with an urban population of around 1,628,900. It is located in the Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of 1,695,900. A diverse and multicultural city, Auckland is home to the largest Polynesian population in the world. The Māori-language name for Auckland is Tāmaki or Tāmaki-makau-rau, meaning "Tāmaki with a hundred lovers", in reference to the desirability of its fertile land at the hub of waterways in all directions.

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Tokomaru Bay Settlement in Gisborne District

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1953–55: New Zealand Women's Royal Army

In 1953, Mathieson quit teaching to join the New Zealand Women's Royal Army as a corporal, being sent to Waiouru as an education assistant. She spent two years in the army, spending much of her time representing the army in various sports such as netball, basketball and athletics, setting records in five track and field events, for which she earnt her colours. In 1955, she was promoted to sergeant and sent to Fort Dorset in Wellington.^[1]

Waiouru is a small town in the Ruapehu District, in New Zealand's Manawatu-Wanganui region. It is located on the south-eastern North Island Volcanic Plateau, 130 km (81 mi) north of Palmerston North and 25 kilometres south-east of Mount Ruapehu. The town has a June 2018 population of 930.

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1955–58: New Zealand Police

In 1955, Mathieson left the army and joined the New Zealand Police, notably being the first female Māori to do so. Out-performing all of the other cadets during her training, Mathieson continued this work ethic into her work, being promoted from a beat constable to a detective in 1958. Shortly following her marriage on 24 May, Mathieson, now Hond, retired from the police force in order to start a family.^[1]

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1976–84: Tertiary and secondary teaching

Hond worked as a teacher at the Hamilton Teachers' College beginning in 1976, focusing on early childhood education. She soon went to work at Hillcrest High School in Hamilton in 1978, before shortly being appointed deputy principal of the school connected to the Department of Social Welfare Girls' Home, both teaching and counselling.^[1]

The University of Waikato, informally Waikato University, is a comprehensive university in Hamilton, New Zealand. The university was established in 1964, and has a satellite campus located in Tauranga.

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1984-89: Community worker

Moving to New Plymouth in 1984, Hond joined a prison reform committee and worked as a community officer for the Department of Māori Affairs. In 1987, she founded the Taranaki Activity Centre, an alternative education system for otherwise wayward youth.^[1]

Death

Due to heart problems, coupled with 40 years of smoking cigarettes, Hond died on 18 November 1989 in New Plymouth, being survived by her husband and remaining five children. She was buried in the Ruakere family cemetery in Puniho.^[1]

Personal life

On 24 May 1958, Mathieson married Jeffrey "Jeff" Hond, a Royal New Zealand Air Force warrant officer in Wellington. They went on to have six children: three sons and three daughters, one of the former of which died in childhood. One of them was born sometime following her marriage.^[1]

Hond studied at the University of Waikato in 1975.^[1]

Hond formed Te Reo o Taranaki, an organisation dedicated to promoting Māori culture. Under this mentality, Hond successfully campaigned for a Māori studies department at the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki.^[1] Aware of the effect alcohol had on her Māori culture, Hond was a non-drinker.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Hond, Jeff. "Patricia Laura Te Waikapoata Hond". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 23 April 2017.

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Pat Hond
Born	Patricia Laura Te Waikapoata Mathieson (1927-03-31)31 March 1927 New Plymouth, New Zealand
Died	18 November 1989(1989-11-18) (aged 62) New Plymouth, New Zealand
Occupation	Tribal leader, teacher, soldier, policewoman, community worker
Years active	1948–53, 1976–84 (teacher) 1953–55 (soldier) 1955–58 (policewoman) 1984–89 (community worker)
Spouse(s)	Jeffrey Hond(m. 1958;her death 1989)