Our reason why
Im heavily influenced by my grandmothers: Raniwaitatao Turuwhenua Noema Whakamoe STANDING at Toi Kairākau wharenui, Ruatoki.
Kuia from left to right are: Urupā Tihema, Ngapera Paraki, Reko Natana, Pokorehu Rangiaho, Onewhero Takurua, Rangiwaitatao Noema and Miria Taihakoa.Plate 24 of the 1963 publication ‘The New Zealand Maori in Colour’.