August 31, 2023
Ehara te toa a Ahorangi Awekotuku i te toa takitahi, he toa takitini kē


Kua mana ko Ahorangi te Awekotuku tērā I whakawhiwhia ki te tohu ‘Companion of the royal society’ I Te Apārangi.
Hai tā Ahorangi Awekotuku nā tōna kuia ia i ārahi kia kounga āna mahi ahakoa te aha, nō tērā wā a mohoa noa nei kua whai ia i ngā ara mātauranga ki tōna angitūtanga.
” Tōku kuia atawhai a ko Hera Tawhai , he wahine whāwhā harakeke he wahine tau ki ērā mahi rāranga, mahi whatu i roto i a ia tētahi ‘Sense of excellence’ ki āna whakaaro mēnā ka hē koe ka hapa koe me tīmata anō ‘so grew up with a really strong sense in the arts in making things of excellence’