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Eily Norah Riordan was born at Lyttleton on the 15 April, 1895, the eldest of four – two sisters and a brother. Her parents were Thomas and Mary Riordan (nee Long). Shortly after Eily’s birth the family moved to Christchurch where she often recalled happy memories of walking the Cashmere Hills and family musical evenings around the piano...
Malia, from Tonga, trained to be a nurse at Wellington Polytechnic. After completing her nursing training she discerned that Religious life was not for her.
In 1985 Sister Hulita was one of the foundation members of the Sisters of Compassion in Houma, Tonga, where she worked with the women in the Community visiting the elderly...