I kōkiritia e ngā ākonga o Otorohanga College, pēnei i a Waimarama Anderson rāua ko Leah Bell, i te kaupapa kia tū he rā ā-motu hei whakamahara i ngā pakanga o Aotearoa. I pētihanatia rātou ki Pāremata i te tau 2012, he mea hainatia e te 12,000 tāngata, e mea ana kia whakaakona te hītori o ngā pakanga ki roto i ngā kura, hapori hoki.
Kei te whakaahua nei (mai i te mauī) ko Rhiannon Magee, ko Leah Bell, ko Waimarama Anderson rātou ko Tai Te Ariki Jones kua whakaahuatia ki mua o Pāremata i te rā o te petihana. He kāhui tautoko 1,500 i tae atu mai i Tainui, Ngāti Porou me Ngāi Tūhoe.
I tū Te Pūtake o te Riri, He Rā Maumahara tuatahi ki Kororāreka i te tau 2018, hei whakamahara i ngā pakanga i waenga i te Karauna me te Māori, nā ngā iwi o Te Tai Tokerau i whakamanuhiri. Mai i taua wā, kua tohua ko te 28 o Oketopa te rā whakamahara i ia tau, waihoki ka huri haere te taipoenga ki ngā rohe o motu, manaakitia ai e ngā hau kāinga o taua rohe.
Waimarama Anderson rāua ko Leah Bell petihana (Pāremata Aotearoa)
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
by Mark Mitchell
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