Ngāti Rānana is a Māori cultural group based in London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It is open to the Māori community in the city, and hosts events attended by many non-Māori. The club aims to provide "an environment to teach, learn and participate in Māori culture and to promote New Zealand through Māori culture".[1] Its performing arts group regularly performs throughout the UK and the rest of Europe.
History
editIn 1959 the group was founded by a small group of London-based New Zealanders as the London Māori Club.[2] In 1971 it was renamed the Ngāti Rānana London Māori Club. Ngāti denotes a tribe (or iwi) and Rānana is a Māori-language translation (similar pronunciation) of the name London.[3]
Founding member Esther Jessop was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service in the 1994 New Year Honours.[4] She was named New Zealander of the Year in Britain in 2009,[2] and in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori and to New Zealand–British relations.[5]
Since 2005 the New Zealand Studies Association has issued the "Rahera Windsor Award for New Zealand Studies", in honour of another of Ngāti Rānana's founding members, Rahera Windsor.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Main page". Ngati Ranana. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
- ^ a b "New Zealander of the Year named". The New Zealand Herald. 7 February 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
- ^ "ranana – Māori Dictionary". maoridictionary.co.nz. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "No. 53528". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1993. p. 35.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2021". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "The Rahera Windsor Award for New Zealand Studies". NZSA. April 2005. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
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