Ripeka Wharawhara Love

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Ripeka Wharawhara Love OBE (28 June 1882 – 6 April 1953) was a New Zealand community leader. She was born on 28 June 1882{{DNZB|title=Ripeka Wharawhara Love|first= Angela|last= Ballara|id=3l14|accessdate=23 April 2017}} and was a member of Te Āti Awa.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3LOIDQAAQBAJ |title=A History of New Zealand Women |last=Brookes |first=Barbara |date=15 February 2016|publisher=Bridget Williams Books |isbn=9780908321469 |pages=116 |language=en}}

At age 15, Ripeka Love married Wi Hapi Pakau Love with whom she had ten children, seven surviving infancy. Two of the male children were Eruera Te Whiti o Rongomai Love and Makere Rangiatea Ralph Love. She was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1918.{{Cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19181005.2.59 |title=Order of the British Empire |date=5 October 1918 |work=Otago Daily Times |access-date=31 October 2018}}