celebrate Mäori achievement - Te Puni Kokiri
celebrate Mäori achievement - Te Puni Kokiri
celebrate Mäori achievement - Te Puni Kokiri
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TE AO MÄORI<br />
On Wednesday 25 February 2009 the Minister of Mäori Affairs, Hon Dr Pita Sharples, and the Associate Minister<br />
of Mäori Affairs, Hon Georgina te Heuheu, took time out of their busy schedules to walk the floors of <strong>Te</strong> <strong>Puni</strong><br />
Kökiri’s national office, meeting and greeting staff.<br />
LOOKING FOR WHÄNAU OF KUIA<br />
Kei te möhio koe ko wai te kuia kei te whakaahua nei?<br />
Do you know who the kuia in the photo is?<br />
Ko tö kuia pea?<br />
Perhaps it is your kuia?<br />
The Dentice whänau, who are currently looking after this framed<br />
sketch, are searching for the whänau of the kuia.<br />
“The framed sketch is 16cm x 24cm and came to our whänau to<br />
be looked after from a local resident who found her in a set of<br />
drawers with other associated items at the local tip,” says Paea<br />
Dentice.<br />
“Our whänau has no knowledge of this kuia but would like her<br />
safely returned to her whänau/descendants or appropriate people.”<br />
The sketch is signed by Sonny Hawkes 1978, and has the words<br />
“Mäori Kuia, Waikato, NZ” inscribed.<br />
If you have any information regarding the kuia, please email<br />
Paea Dentice: paeatu@paradise.net.nz<br />
TE PUNI KÖKIRI | KÖKIRI | POUTÜ TE RANGI – PAENGA WHÄWHÄ 2009<br />
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