June 05, 2023
Māori make mark in King’s Birthday Honours
Maori make mark in King’s Birthday Honours
Prominent Maori in the arts, health and education have been named
Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit in today’s King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours List.
They include:
– jockey Opie Bosson from Ngāti Whakaue and Rangiwewehi for services to thoroughbred racing, including more than 1800 career wins in his three
decades in the industry.
– Karl Chitham from Ngapuhi, the director of Lower Hutt’s Dowse Art Museum, for services to the arts, particularly Māori art;
– Former Health Ministry deputy director general of Maori health, Ria Earp from Te Arawa, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whakaue, for services t health;
– Dr Will Edwards from Taranaki, who has been an advocate for positive ageing for older people, in particular for Māori, and a Māori community development leader for more than two decades.
– Weaver Matekino Lawless from Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Ruakawa, Tainui, for services to Māori art;
– Former Mental Health Foundation chair Materoa Mar from Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Porou, Ngā Puhi, for services to Maori health;
– Diplomat Deborah Panckhurst from Ngāti Porou, the first wāhine Māori career diplomat appointed as a High Commissioner, for services to foreign affairs and Māori;
– Wellington-based Māori community and public health advocate Jack Rikihana (Ngāti Raukawa, Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira) for services to Māori, health governance and the community;
– Carver and conservation expert Jim Schuster (Te Arawa, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Hinekura, Tuhourangi, Ngāti Wahiao, Ngāti Tarawhai, Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Umutahi) for services to Māori arts and heritage preservation;
– Te Maari Whare (Ngāti Parua, Ngāti Pikiao, Tuhourangi Te Arawa, Rangitane, Ngāti Kahungunu a founding member of the Kōhanga Reo movement in the South Island, for services to Māori language education.
– For services to rugby: Miss Ruahei Demant (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Awa) has been involved in women’s rugby in New Zealand since debuting in 2013 with the Auckland Storm.
– For services to Māori: Mr Toa Faneva (Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa, Ngāpuhi) was CEO of Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa from 2015 to 2021, providing a range of services to the community including the provision of health, education, emergency housing, financial capability and social services.
– For services to the New Zealand Police and the community: Sergeant Wally Kopae (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Whānau Ā Apanui) joined the New Zealand Police in 1987 and from 1989 served with the Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) for more than 30 years, based in Southland.
– For services to Māori mental health: Mr Ron Baker (Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Whānau o Rongomaiwahine) has contributed to better mental health care for Māori for more than 60 years.
-For services to the arts: Ms Qiane Matata-Sipu (Te Waiohua, Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pikiao, Rarotonga, Mangaia) is an artist, journalist, photographer and social activist who has contributed significantly to Māori and Pasifika self-determination for 20 years.
-For services to the community and environment : Ms Tara Moala (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Māhanga Hourua, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Paoa, Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa, Ngā Rauru) has been working to build community capability and capacity within her community for more than 20 years.
– For services to golf and Māori : Mr Vic Pirihi (Ngāpuhi-Ngātiwai, Patuharakeke) co-launched the Māori Junior Golf Development Programme in 1986 to grow the game at grassroots level and was Executive Director until 1996.
– For services to Māori and the community: Reverend Tom Poata (Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Kahu) has been the Vicar of St Faith’s Anglican Church in Rotorua since 2006 and has provided chaplaincy services locally to a number of iwi, state and religious organisations, including Chaplain to St Johns Ambulance and Rotorua Area Police.
– For services to Māori language education: Mrs Helen Rawiri (Waikato Tainui) has led the revitalisation of te reo Māori in South Auckland and Waikato regions for more than 40 years.
– For services to heritage preservation and the arts: Ms Nicola Saker Lady O’Regan (Te Atiawa) has been committed to promoting New Zealand literature, culture and built heritage through her volunteer work.
– For services to rugby: Miss Kennedy Simon (Tainui) has been involved with women’s rugby in New Zealand since debuting in 2013 for Waikato.
– For services to the environment: Dr Huhana Smith (Ngāti Tukorehe, Te Mateawa, Ngāti Rangitāwhia, Ngāti Kapumanawawhiti ki Kuku) has been addressing climate change concerns for costal land along Horowhenua and Kapiti, through Massey University’s School of Art.
– For services to education, particularly Māori and Pacific education: Mr Frank Solomon (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa) and his wife Judy Solomon co-founded Solomon Group, an education provider for school non-achievers with particular reference to Māori and Pacific learners in South Auckland and Northland.
– For services to Māori health: Mrs Awerangi Tamihere (Ngāti Kauwhata, Rangitāne, Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Kāi Tahu) has been working in the field of Māori Health for more than 35 years, including health reform design at the national level and designing and implementing Māori health operational models
– For services to Māori art and heritage preservation: Dr Rangi Te Kanawa (Ngāti Maniapoto) was a Kaitiaki Taonga Textiles Conservator at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and has spent almost 30 years as a conservator of textiles, Māori, European, Pacific tapa, mats and flags.
– For services to Māori arts: Mr Dean Whiting (Te Whānau ā Apanui) has been contributing to Māori arts revitalisation and preservation since 2001 through Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.
– For services to Māori and the community: Ms Heniaka August (Ngāti Kahungungu Ki Te Wairoa, Rongomaiwahine) has been involved with the Māori Wardens in the Wellington region since 2009.
– For services to the community: Ms Miraka Norgate (Ngā Puhi Nui Tonu) has been contributing to the community of Tasman since 1983.
– For services to social work and the community: Mr Kane Rangitonga (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tuwharetoa) has spent ten years supporting people to improve their lives and those of their whānau through his role as a manager at Kainga Aroha Trust in Te Awamutu.
– For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and hockey: Mr Stephen Shaw (Ngāi Tahu) has volunteered as an urban firefighter for more than 35 years.
– : For services to seniors, Māori and health: Mrs Marcia Te Au-Thompson (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) has worked to promote social inclusion, health and Te Ao Māori in her community for 30 years.
– For services to Māori and the community : Mrs Raana Tuuta has contributed to the Chatham Islands community for more than 60 years. Mrs Tuuta is a highly respected kuia, elder, Kai Karanga of the Chatham Islands community, dedicating a lifetime to providing tikanga Māori (blessings) at christenings, weddings, birthdays, tangi, events and the opening of numerous establishments.
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