Taringa - Ep 308 - Ngā Taonga - Kākā Wahanui #3

13/10/2023 48 min
Taringa - Ep 308 - Ngā Taonga - Kākā Wahanui #3

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Episode Synopsis

Our third installment of archives highlighting the Reo of reknowned orators has Paraone and Erica discussing a eulogy for Major Henry Vercoe by Kepa Ehau. Major Vercoe died at his home at Otaramarae, Rotorua In 1962. As an elder of rank and prestige of Ngāti Pikiao, he was a well-known figure throughout Aotearoa. The featured speaker, Kepa Hamuera Anaha Ehau nō Ngāti Pikiao, was a horseman, soldier, farmer and community leader (b.1885, d.1970).
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