Ngāti Hauā

Nowadays, it's generally accepted to use the term disabled person in English as an identity first term that reflects the social model of disability.

Ngāti Hauā.

For Maioro Barton of Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Wai, the term whaikaha doesn't sit well with him and he prefers the word hauā, as he understands it to be the closest translation of disabled.

He says, Many people value the term whaikaha because it recognises te reo Māori and it reflects Māori worldviews.

The whole reason that was done was to get away from demonising words.

Hauā.

It's a hapū as well, Ngāti Hauā.

It's not a demeaning word, says Hiki.

It's lovely.

So Carmen Tione Rupe, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Heke Awai, led an extraordinary life.

With mana and aroha, she embodied the ways of her tūpuna.

The Queen from the King Country was born in 1936 and grew up in Taumaranui.