Unui Doo

Unui Doo (born Chan Yau-nui; c. 1874 – 18 August 1940) was a Chinese New Zealand businesswoman and shopkeeper. Born in Xinhui, Guangdong, she immigrated to New Zealand in 1915. She managed a grocery store in Auckland that served as a social centre for the Chinese community. Known as "Grandmother Doo", she was the matriarch of the Doo clan and one of the few Chinese women living in New Zealand before the 1930s.

Early life and marriage

Chan Yau-nui was born in Xinhui, Guangdong, China, sometime between 1873 and 1875. She was one of seven children born to She Hoo Tai and Chan Doon Tai, a farmer and rice merchant.[1] She had no formal education and her feet were bound.[2] She married Thomas Wong Doo in Canton in 1898.[3] Her husband had lived in Auckland, New Zealand, from the age of 13 and married her upon returning to China. He then returned to New Zealand when he was 22, where he was employed as a market gardener, visiting her in China every few years. During this time, they had two sons and a daughter. He became a naturalised citizen of New Zealand in 1904.[1][2]

Life in New Zealand

Unui and her children joined her husband, immigrating to New Zealand in 1915.[1] In accordance with New Zealand law, she remarried him the same year. They had two more children, another daughter and a son. They ran an import-export business and managed a grocery store in central Auckland that sold Chinese goods, including herbal medicines, soya sauce and rice. They exported edible fungus. Their home and grocery store were located on Wakefield Street in Auckland before moving to Victoria Street West.[2] Their store became a cultural centre for other immigrants arriving from China.[3] Their store functioned as a bank, post office, and social club, that catered mostly to single Chinese men. She was a member of the Kwong Cheu Club, a social club in Auckland for Chinese immigrants from Guangdong. She made several trips to China[1] and was one of the few Chinese women living in New Zealand in her era.[4] During the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic, she produced an herbal tonic that was made available for free to the community.[2]

Unui had an important leadership role within the Chinese community of New Zealand.[2] She was known as "Grandmother Doo" and was the matriarch of her family clan.[5] She selected women for her sons to marry, giving them tests in mathematics and calligraphy, and ensuring they were literate. Unui revered Guan Yu, and her family were worshippers of him.[2]

She died on 18 August 1940, in Auckland.[3] She was buried in Waikumete Cemetery in a well attended funeral service.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Chinese Loss". Auckland Star. 71 (199). 22 August 1940.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Manying Ip (1996). "Doo, Unui". Te Ara: The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Doo, Unui (1873/75?–1940)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Detroit: Gale. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7876-7585-1. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Wynyard Quarter – Naming of three new open spaces". Waitematā Local Board. 19 February 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  5. ^ Frances, Raelene (May 1992). "Women of New Zealand/AotearoaCharlotte Macdonald, Merimeri Penfold and Bridget Williams (eds). 1991. The Book of New Zealand Women. Ko Kui Ma Te Kaupapa. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books". Pacific Viewpoint. 33 (1): 91. doi:10.1111/apv.331007.
  6. ^ "Chinese Funeral: Late Mrs. Wong Doo". Auckland Star. No. 200. 23 August 1940. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

Further reading

  • The Book of New Zealand Women: Ko Kui Ma Te Kaupapa. Wellington: B. Williams Books. 1992. pp. 182–185. ISBN 978-0-908912-04-9.

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