Standing (L to R): Aidan Warren (Director McCaw Lewis Lawyers), Matua Robert Edwards, Matua Te Riaki Amoamo, Tuiringa 'Manny' Mokomoko (Chair, Te whānau a Mokomoko Leadership Group), Matua Hemana Eruera (Te Puni Kōkiri Pouwhakahaere), Jonathan Easthope (Te Puni Kōkiri Senior Advisor), Poto Mokomoko. Seated (L to R): Matua Matenga Biddle (Leadership Group), Karen Mokomoko (Secretary, Leadership Group), Kimiora Mokomoko-Amai, Rachel Hall (Associate McCaw Lewis Lawyers), Rita Wordsworth (Leadership Group).

Minister of Māori Affairs, Hon Dr Pita Sharples speaks to whānau of Te Whakatōhea rangatira Mokomoko at Waiaua Marae. 

Te Puni Kōkiri Policy Manager Tom White, Māori Affairs Minister Sharples, Te Puni Kōkiri Senior Advisor Jonathan Easthope, Te whānau a Mokomoko Chair Tuiringa ‘Manny’ Mokomoko, whānau members and legal counsel inside Ruamoko Wharenui at Waiaua Marae.

Minister Sharples and Te whānau a Mokomoko Leadership Group Chair Tuiringa ‘Manny’ Mokomoko sign the Agreement to Introduce Legislation to Give Statutory Recognition to the Mokomoko Pardon.

Te Puni Kōkiri Senior Advisor Jonathan Easthope, with Pouwhakahaere Matua Hemana Eruera and Whaea Hera Eruera, before the pōwhiri and signing ceremony.

Te whānau a Mokomoko and Māori Affairs Minister Hon Dr Pita Sharples celebrate the signing of the agreement at Waiaua Marae.

Last modified: 15/11/2011