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Treasury meets Māoritanga

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Treasury meets Māoritanga

In the later 1980s, when Māori issues were acquiring new prominence in national life, Treasury staff were encouraged to learn about Māori culture. Donna Awatere (at right with sunglasses) and Maria Mareroa (in white, behind Awatere) of Ihi Management Consultants lead Treasury officials into a session, at Okataina Lodge near Rotorua, in 1988.

Photograph courtesy of The Treasury

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-Treasury-01

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Malcolm McKinnon, Treasury – Treasury and the state sector since 1980, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/34944/treasury-meets-maoritanga (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 28 March 2012.