For immediate release
18/08/2006
Passing of Te Ariki Dame Te Atarangikaahu
16 August 2006
Young Labour New Zealand wishes to express their deepest condolences to the whanau and iwi of Dame Te Ata and to all
Maori at the loss of their Queen who achieved so much for Maoridom.
Dame Te Ata led by example and was respected by both Maori and Pakeha. She worked hard to bring Maori and Pakeha
together. One achievement was the Land Settlement between her own tribe of Tainui and the Crown. Her leadership and
respectability resulted in an outcome that has since opened the floodgates to settlements around the country, and
allowed Maori to move foward.
Dame Te Ata has done a lot of work for Maori organisations and worked tirelessly to promote Maori culture and language.
This has had positive effects for Maori and New Zealand and this work will have effects that will continue to flow on
for generations.
Young Labour appreciates all the work that Dame Te Ata has done for Maoridom and Aotearoa, New Zealand, as well as
working on ties with Pacific Communities. She will be sadly missed, but her legacy will live on.
ENDS