Wonderful honour for Dame Anne – The Gisborne Herald gisborneherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gisborneherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Long-time Māori health advocate Mason Durie has been made a member of the Order of New Zealand.
He has a knighthood, honorary doctorates and more than 40 years of transforming Māori health, but Mason Durie’s latest accolade resonates with him because of its New Zealand flavour. Durie, 82, has spent his career advocating for Māori and public health, and he has now been awarded the highest accolade in the New Year Honours, being made a member of the Order of New Zealand, which is limited to 20 living people. “The thing about it is it’s New Zealand’s own order,” Durie said, sitting in his favourite chair at home in Feilding. “All the others have been inspired by Britain, like the knighthood, the Order of the British Empire, all those things.
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Manukura, the only white kiwi bird ever born in captivity, dies in New Zealand after surgery gwinnettdailypost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gwinnettdailypost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.