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Story: Tūranga i te hapori – status in Māori society

Māori professionals: Whetū Tirikātene-Sullivan

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Māori professionals: Whetū Tirikātene-Sullivan

Whetū Tirikātene-Sullivan sits beneath a portrait of her father, the late Sir Eruera Tirikātene. Both were members of Parliament, holders of the Southern Māori seat.

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

Reference: EP-Portraits of New Zealanders-Tirikatene-Sullivan, Whetu-01

by Ray Pigney

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Basil Keane, Tūranga i te hapori – status in Māori society – Changes in leadership, 20th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31139/maori-professionals-whetu-tirikatene-sullivan (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 3 May 2011.