Grandmother Pauline Tangiora

 

I had the pleasure of meeting this amazing woman. She is witty funny and full with laughter and she just loved our drumming! coming out of her weelchair she would dance with her crutches towards her seat. She loves winking and so she did. It was an honor to be with this great spirit.

She even pocked me with her crutches in my behind as i was walking infront of her towards the Hotel after the Ceremony. She was being pushed in her weelchair and she sayed in this heavy accent, what are yoy doing with that plastick bottle in your hand? you know you should not buy plastickbottles but glass? etc etc. We laughed and I commited that she was absolutly right.................

Unfortunatly i wont be able to be at the big open Council in her home town and ground this december in new Zealand. I do hope they get enough funds to make their Open Council a great event.

Pauline Tangiora, Maori elder from the Rongomaiwahine Tribe

Pauline Tangiora is a Maori elder from the Rongomaiwahine Tribe on the East Coast of the North Island of Aotearoa / New Zealand and has affiliations to many other tribes. 

She is a Justice of the Peace, Earth Charter Commissioner and a member of the Earth Council, a former President and current Vice President of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Aotearoa. 

She is also the former Regional Women’s Representative for the World Council for Indigenous Peoples, She is a life member of the Maori Women’s Welfare League and a Patron of the Peace Foundation.

She has represented Aotearoa at many international fora and was a Consultant to the International Steering Committee of the World Court Project. Tangiora also writes and lectures on issues including health, environment and indigenous issues, spiritual well-being and peace.