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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 .
On the basis of a suggestion canvassed in Pat Lawlor's book about Maata Mahupuku that the latter was in possession of a manuscript authored by Mansfield, the story teases the reader into following a literary detective hunt to track down the missing novel.
Maata Mahupuku aka Martha Grace (10 April 1890–15 January 1952) was descended from a New Zealand tribal leader. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngati Kahungunu iwi. She was the muse and lover of short story writer Katherine Mansfield. Mahupuku was the granddaughter of a Maori chief, Wiremu Mahipuku.
During this time she had two passionate friendships, with artist Edith Kathleen Bendall (EKB), and with her schoolmate Maata Mahupuku, (Martha Grace). Bendall was nine years older than Kathleen, and had taken lessons from Frances Hodgkins.
Mahupuku, Maata. 1890–1952. Ngāti Kahungunu woman of mana. This biography, written by Barbara Angus, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1996. It was translated into te reo Māori by the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team.
Maata Mahupuku (Ngāti Kahungunu) lived in opulent style, had a passion for elegant clothes, liked jazz and parties and was known to be extravagant. She was also hospitable and generous, with a warm personality. She is known for her intense friendship with 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.
