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Government kaumātua: Sam Jackson

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Government kaumātua: Sam Jackson

Sam Jackson, Te Āti Awa kaumātua, welcomes Chile's president Michelle Bachelet at Government House in Wellington, in 2006.

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Rawinia Higgins and Paul Meredith, Kaumātua – Māori elders – Kaumātua in modern times, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28374/government-kaumatua-sam-jackson (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rawinia Higgins and Paul Meredith, published 11 April 2011.