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worryingly jolly batman ([personal profile] labellementeuse) wrote2006-08-15 11:35 pm
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The Maori Queen, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, died today. She was 75, and was crowned 40 years ago in May.

I know very little about her, which bothered me earlier in the year and now distresses me; I do know that she has worked hard for indigenous peoples both here in New Zealand Aotearoa and overseas. Unusually for public figures, the more I learn about her the more I tend to admire her. It would be a shame for her to die unnoticed and uncommemorated, even by me.

[identity profile] mandor700.livejournal.com 2006-08-15 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Lol I doubt that shes going to go unnoticed.
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[identity profile] labellementeuse.livejournal.com 2006-08-15 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah I know but... gah, I don't know, I wanted to say something anyway. *shrug*

[identity profile] mandor700.livejournal.com 2006-08-16 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
True, shes one of those people who are so completely benevolent and (strangely enough) apolitical that they're impossible to dislike.