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Tangi for Kingi Taurua being held in Northland today

May 29, 2018

The Ngapuhi elder died on Thursday aged 80, following a life as a broadcaster and Maori activist. (Source: Other)

The tangi for Kingi Taurua is being held today in Northland.

The Ngapuhi elder died on Thursday after a short battle with illness. He was 80 years old.

Taurua was an award winning Maori broadcaster and was also the face of Ti Tii Marae at Waitangi for many years.

He was remembered by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last week as "an iconic person" .

Former MP Hone Hariwara said Taurua's death was "a great loss to the whole of Maoridom" .

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