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“This has been a community effort of the people, by the people, for the people.” Kawana was a language and English teacher at SHGC from 1989 and principal from 2001 to her retirement in 2007.
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Diane Kawana’s daughter, Keri, with Sacred Heart Girls College principal Paula Wells and teacher Pauline Koorey. Following her death, colleague and friend Pauline Koorey came up with the idea to have a korowai as a way to honour Kawana. “It was pretty special, she said of seeing the finished restult at school. “We needed to honour her legacy.” But she admitted the project was a lot more than she had expected.