Dame Tariana: Tireless worker for Māori leaves huge legacy

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Dame Tariana: Tireless worker for Māori leaves huge legacy

February 2025

Gabrielle Baker

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 12:30 AM

Dame Tariana Turia, pictured at the 2021 New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora, had a consistent faith in the power of whānau [Image: NZD]

Gabrielle Baker shares her feelings of respect and loss, and recounts personal interactions with the late Dame Tariana Turia

For my first column of 2025 I am compelled to mark the passing of Kahurangi (Dame) Tariana Turia on 3 January. But, unsurprisingly, it is hard to find

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References

He Korowai Oranga: Māori Health Strategy, 2002. health.govt.nz/system/files/2011-11/mhs-english.pdf
Helen Leahy. Crossing the Floor: The Story of Tariana Turia. Huia Publishing. Wellington, 2015.
Ibid.
Enabling Good Lives. enablinggoodlives.co.nz
Helen Leahy. Opinion piece. New Zealand Herald 2025: 7 January.

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