Hēni Materoa Carroll, Lady Carroll (1852 or 1856 – 1 Nov 1930), also known at Te Huinga, was a leader of the Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and wife of politician James Carroll.
Te Huinga was born in the 1850s at Makauri in Poverty Bay the daughter of Riperata Kahutia and Mikaera Turangi.[1] She married James Carroll, who was known as Timi Kara, on 4 July 1881 becoming a Catholic at his request. The couple had no children but she adopted her nephew and two other boys as well as looking after many other children. Kingi Areta Keiha was her brother's son.
She became chief of her people when her mother died in 1887.[2] When her husband was elected to Parliament in 1887 Te Huinga remained in Gisborne living in a house the couple built in Kahutia Street. She was dedicated to the welfare of the Māori people in the area and encouraged traditional crafts. She gave financial support to the Kahutia Bowling Club and the Carroll Shield for a ladies' hockey competition between Poverty Bay and Hawkes Bay. She also gave land for churches and public buildings. A donation of an acre of land enabled the construction of a children's home Heni Mataroa Home which opened in 1913.[3]
During World War I she dedicated efforts to supporting Māori soldiers, and became chairperson of the Eastern Māori Patriotic Association.[4] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours for her work for orphanages and fundraising during the war.
Te Huinga died in 1930 and was buried with her husband in the Makaraka cemetery in Gisborne.