June Mariu

rdf:langString June Mariu

rdf:langString Dame June Mariu

rdf:langString Dame June Mariu

rdf:langString Wharekahika / Hicks Bay, New Zealand

rdf:langString Mabel June Hinekahukura Waititi

rdf:langString Mariu in 2012

rdf:langString Teachers' Training College

rdf:langString Queen Victoria School for Māori Girls

rdf:langString Community Leader

rdf:langString Joseph Mariu

rdf:langString Dame Mabel June Hinekahukura Mariu DNZM CNZM QSM JP (née Waititi, born 1 June 1932), known by most as "Aunty June", is a New Zealand Māori community leader, teacher, former sportswoman and served as a Justice of the Peace for many years before retiring. Mariu has represented New Zealand in two sporting codes. As a netball stalwart she was the first winning captain and the first Māori captain of the national team (now known as the Silver Ferns) in 1960. She also represented New Zealand in indoor basketball. She also played softball regionally for Auckland and North Island teams. Mariu was inducted into the Māori Sports Awards Hall of Fame in February 2014 joining many other notable Māori sports people like Dame Ruia Morrison. Between 1987 and 1990, she served as national president of the Māori Women's Welfare League. Mariu was appointed a member of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission in 2000 by Parekura Horomia. In the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours, Mariu was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services. In the 2006 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori and the community, and in 2012 she was promoted to Dame Companion presented by Jerry Mateparae, also for services to Māori and the community. She continues to inspire many people from the grassroots up. Mariu has had strong ties with the Māori King Movement through the first Māori Queen, Te Atairangikaahu, as well as through her iwi of Te Whānau a Apanui. She later became a member of the Tekau-Ma-Rua, a group of representatives from across the country, chosen by the current Māori King, Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII. Mariu was chosen to serve as the first patron to New Zealand's largest Māori public health body, Hāpai Te Hauora Tapui back in 2014. She had the honour of being officially appointed by King Tūheitia. Mariu was the representative for Hapai Te Hauora. Her relation Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi is also currently in this group as a companion member due to her work for Māori language revival. June Mariu has supported Te Pāti Māori since its inception, including giving her support to the former ministers and co-leaders Tariana Turia, Pita Sharples and Te Ururoa Flavell.

rdf:langString Mabel June Hinekahukura Waititi