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MAIMAI AROHATakuta TeKapungaMatemoanaDewesTe MiringaHohaiaNgäti Porou, Te Whänaua Rakairoa, Te Whänaua Hunaara, Te Whänau aHinerupe, Te Whänau a TeAopare, TuwhakairioraRespected Ngäti Porou elderand historian, Dr Te KapungaMatemoana Dewes, ‘Koro’,passed away on 17 August2010 at his sister Merehëni’shome in Te Araroa.He was 80 years old and leavesbehind his children, Cathy,Whaimutu and Campbell,their partners, children andmokopuna and his two sistersMereheni Waitoa and HeniTorori Dewes-Porter.Koro Dewes was a pioneeringeducationalist in the 1960sand 1970s.He started in adult educationat Auckland University andthen laid the foundations forVictoria University’s Mäoristudies department, beforereturning home to the EastCoast and helping form TeRünanga o Ngäti Porou.In 2004 Mr Dews was awardedan Honorary Doctorateof Literature by VictoriaUniversity of Wellington,where he had taught for manyyears.Nö reira e te päpä, e te käkäwahanui, e te puna o temätauranga Ngäti Porou,haere. Okioki ki roto i ngäringa o to Kaihanga.Taranaki Tuturu and TaranakiWhaanuiThe director of Taranaki’sParihaka Peace Festival and anadvocate for Mäori land rightsin Taranaki, Te Miringa Hohaia,died suddenly on 17 August2010, aged 58.Mr Hohaia was a strongadvocate for Mäori landrights in Taranaki through theWaitangi Tribunal and Parihaka.Mr Hohaia was involved inthe Motunui claim to theWaitangi Tribunal in 1978,which changed the course ofhistory for the tribunal, and forclaimants from every iwi whofollowed on.He also helped to drive throughthe complex Taranaki landclaims, with special referenceto the pivotal role of Parihakain the history of Taranaki.He was also an advocatefor the arts - curating theexhibition “Parihaka: The Art ofPassive Resistance”. Mr Hohaiawas instrumental in settingup Taranaki’s Parihaka PeaceFestival in 2005.E te rangatira, kuawheturangitia koe, haere kiHawaiki-nui, Hawaiki-roa, kiHawaiki-pamamao.