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Haurongo: Ensor, Kura Te Whiria

Ko Whetū Tirikātene-Sullivan rāua ko ‘Tania’

A group of five Māori standing and performing a waiata in front of the Parliament Buildings, surrounded by other people. Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan is wearing Kura Ensor’s dress, which has a repeating koru pattern.

He kaitōrangapū a Whetū Tirikātene-Sullivan i mau i te kaka a Kura Ensor 'Tania' i te wā i whakatau ia i te Hīkoi Whenua Māori ki te Pāremata i te Oketopa o 1975. He wā whakahirahira i te umanga o Ensor. I te taha mauī ki te taha matau ko Matiu Rata, ko Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, ko Hārata Solomon, ko Sally Marshall, ko Wara Kātene. Ka paku kitea a Koro Wetere rāua ko Robert Muldoon i muri mai.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

John Miller

by John Miller

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Natalie Smith. 'Ensor, Kura Te Whiria', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2024. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47604/ko-whetu-tirikatene-sullivan-raua-ko-tania (accessed 25 June 2026).