Maata Mahupuku | |
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Born | |
Died | 15 January 1952 Palmerston North, New Zealand | (aged 61)
Nationality | New Zealand |
Other names | Martha Grace Martha Asher |
Occupation | Landowner |
Known for | muse of Katherine Mansfield |
Maata Mahupuku, also known as Martha Grace and Martha Asher (10 April 1890 – 15 January 1952), was the muse and lover of short-story writer Katherine Mansfield. Of Māori ancestry, descended from a New Zealand tribal leader, she identified with the Ngati Kahungunu iwi.