Ngai Tahu loses gentle kaumatua Kukupa Tirikatene
Ngai Tahu loses gentle kaumatua Kukupa Tirikatene
- Kukupa Tirikatene passed away yesterday in Auckland, which has been his home for the past 40 years. Mr Tirikatene, the eighth of the 12 children of Southern Maori MP Eruera Tirikatene, was brought up by relatives in Wairoa and maintained close links with whanauboth in Wairoa and Te Waipunamu.
- Kukupa Tirikatene passed away yesterday in Auckland, which has been his home for the past 40 years. Mr Tirikatene, the eighth of the 12 children of Southern Maori MP Eruera Tirikatene, was brought up by relatives in Wairoa and maintained close links with whanauboth in Wairoa and Te Waipunamu.