King's Birthday Honours 2025: Dr Lesley Rameka made Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Rameka, of Taupō, was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to Māori and early childhood education.
She told the Waikato she didn't grow up with a lot of knowledge about Te ao Māori and tikanga Māori and only started to look into it deeper after she became a mother.
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