Pritchard was born on 17 March 1880 to mother Madeline Ratahi Cochrane and father Bazett Watkins in
Onehunga,
Auckland, New Zealand. She was
Māori and identified with the
Ngāpuhi iwi. Her great-grandfather was
Frederick Edward Maning and great-grandmother was Moengaroa. During her career, Pritchard was a native health nurse for the
Te Karaka district, president of the Matawai-Mōtū branch of the RSA, foundation member of the Country Women's Institute of New Zealand, member of the
Victoria League, the
National Council of Women of New Zealand, the Women's Division Federated Farmers of New Zealand and the St John Ambulance Brigade. She died on 19 July 1964 in
Gisborne. ==References==