Waitangi Tribunal - issue 65 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 3.2 MB]
...stands out for me was when the Muriwhenua Tri bunal was scheduled to visit a distant marae. It transpired that we did not have a kuia with us to respond to the karanga. Sir Monita Delamere spent the drive to the marae teaching me how to do the response, when he could have asked someone else to do it. His rea sons for choosing me were that I was a Tribunal member and I could sing louder than others ! Happily for me, when we arrived at the marae, a kuia came forward to lead us on...