Parihaka matriarch Maata Wharehoka has died - she was 74. Wharehoka (Ngāti Tahinga, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Kuia) an expert in marae arts, raranga (weaving) and karanga, was the ...
For nearly 30 years, Wharehoka, of Ngāti Tahinga, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Kuia, was the caretaker of ...