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He kaiārahi manawa pā au. Koia tā Charlie Rahiri. Heoi ko te matapae a ōna kaumatua, ka tū ia hei rangatira mo tōna iwi o Ngāti Ranginui. He uri ia nō Paraone Koikoi, rangatira o taua iwi, nāna i hoatu i āna pū me āna pūkoro ki te tari a te karauna i te tau kotahi mano waru rau ono tekau ma wha. Mea rawa ake, kua hoki ia ki tōna kāinga i Taumata, pakangai ai mo ōna whenua, ma te kukume i ētahi pou. Ka titiro ake a Waka Huia ki ngā āhuatanga o te rangatira i ēnei rā ma roto mai i ngā whatu o Charlie Rahiri.
Charlie Rahiri describes himself as a reluctant iwi leader. But he was destined by his kaumātua to lead his iwi, Ngati Ranginui. He’s a direct descendant of Iwi chief Paraone Koikoi who surrendered his guns and pouches to the colonial office in 1864, only to be back in his kainga in Taumata three years later fighting for his land by pulling up survey pegs. We look at the changing role of a Māori Leader in Modern society through the eyes of Charlie Rahiri.
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Charlie Rahiri
Ringatohu: Semiramis Holland
He kaiārahi manawa pā au. Koia tā Charlie Rahiri. Heoi ko te matapae a ōna kaumatua, ka tū ia hei rangatira mo tōna iwi o Ngāti Ranginui. He uri ia nō Paraone Koikoi, rangatira o taua iwi, nāna i hoatu i āna pū me āna pūkoro ki te tari a te karauna i te tau kotahi mano waru rau ono tekau ma wha. Mea rawa ake, kua hoki ia ki tōna kāinga i Taumata, pakangai ai mo ōna whenua, ma te kukume i ētahi pou. Ka titiro ake a Waka Huia ki ngā āhuatanga o te rangatira i ēnei rā ma roto mai i ngā whatu o Charlie Rahiri.
Charlie Rahiri describes himself as a reluctant iwi leader. But he was destined by his kaumātua to lead his iwi, Ngati Ranginui. He’s a direct descendant of Iwi chief Paraone Koikoi who surrendered his guns and pouches to the colonial office in 1864, only to be back in his kainga in Taumata three years later fighting for his land by pulling up survey pegs. We look at the changing role of a Māori Leader in Modern society through the eyes of Charlie Rahiri.
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Charlie Rahiri
Ringatohu: Semiramis Holland
