Officers stood to attention and then performed a haka for Mama Dora, who was the mother of two serving police officers – Senior Sergeant Maevarangi Kirikava and Sergeant Aporo Kirikava.
She was also a Justice of the Peace, and the daughter of a senior sergeant, who was based in Aitutaki. Her husband (Kirikava) was also a constable on Rarotonga.
She is being laid to rest on Aitutaki.