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“A very special day for Ngati Porou”, was the reaction of Rei Kohere, Deputy Chairman of Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou, on the announcement of the Knighthood bestowed on Selwyn Tanetoa Parata in this year’s King’s Birthday honours. “The KCNZM, .
More than seven decades after her three brothers were murdered, Mihi Kui Edwards was to be reunited with her siblings.
She died, aged 89, in March 2021 and was to be buried with her slain siblings at Putiki Urupā.
Instead Mrs Edwards was buried in another plot - and her children are desperate for answers, and desperate for their mother to lie where she wished.
Our reporter Jimmy Ellingham filed this report alongside producer Anastasia Hedge and cameraman Angus Dreaver.