Posthumous degree for first indigenous student
Māori scholar Mākereti Papakura is believed to be the university's first indigenous student.
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Mākereti Papakura
New Zealand guide, entertainer and ethnographer
Margaret Pattison Staples-Browne, more commonly known as Mākereti or Maggie Papakura, was a New Zealand guide, entertainer and ethnographer. Of Pākehā and Māori descent, she was of Te Arawa and Tūhourangi iwi.
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