Nikora Ngaropo (Te Rarawa, Tūhoe) has recently been announced a member of the Asia 21 Young Leaders initiative for 2019. He is the first Māori to receive this honour and will join dozens of other influential individuals from around the globe as they work together in San Francisco.
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Māori playwrights awarded prestigious residency
Māori writers Aroha Awarau and Albert Belz have been awarded a residency from the Michael King Writers Centre Trust.
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Taika Waititi scoops People's Choice Award at Toronto
Māori film director extraordinaire Taika Waititi's latest movie has won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Kaaterama finalist for prestigious Maioha award
Solo artist Kaaterama Pou, of Ngāpuhi and Te Arawa, has been announced as a finalist for APRA Silver Scroll Maioha Award for her waiata, Paiheretia.
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NewsYoung Ngāpuhi butchers to represent NZ at world champs
Corey White and Cherise Redden are confirmed to compete at the World Champion Butcher Apprentice and Young Butcher competition in Sacramento in 2020.
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A nation holds its breath- best pie in NZ to be announced
The baker with the best pie overall will be named the Bakels NZ Supreme Pie Award winner. A total of 553 bakers entered 5,326 pies into the competition.
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From mince'n'cheese in Otara to world's best- Māori chef takes out top award
A Māori chef raised in Otara, who was once told she would end up being a waitress, has won the Best Breakfast Cookbook award at the World Gourmand Cookbook Awards.
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Māori artist- "We’re not just a ring in"
A Māori artist annoyed at an awards invite snub earlier this year is "really stoked" he's finally received an invitation to an awards ceremony for the bridge he helped design. Ngāti Whātua artist Graham Tipene says it's a sign "someone is listening".
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Māori nurse acknowledged with award
Stella Williams is this year’s winner of the Waitematā DHB’s Te Kauae Raro Māori Nursing and Midwifery Award, in recognition of her achievements and hard work in the health sector.
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London-based Māori chef served up supreme award
A Māori chef based in London has taken top honours at this year's Kea Awards. Ngāti Kahungunu's Peter Gordon, an internationally celebrated chef and restaurateur, scooped the World Class Supreme Award, which recognises world-leading Kiwis whose achievements are adding value to NZ's image internationally.
