12:15 pm today
Te Arawa roopu at Oxford University to receive
Jamie Tahana is at Oxford University to talk with members of a Te Arawa roopu who travelled there recently for the awarding of a posthumous degree to their tupuna, Makereti Papakura. She's believed to be the first indigenous woman to study at Oxford, but she died in 1930 just weeks before she was due to present her thesis. You'll hear from Oxford University's vice chancellor Professor Irene Tracey, one of Makereti's descendants, June Northcroft Grant, and Tony Wihapi a Te Arawa kaumatua travelling with the roopu.