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Aug. 15th, 2006 11:35 pmThe 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.
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.
