Ngāti Rānana is a

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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". Its performing arts group regularly performs throughout the UK and the rest of Europe.

History

In 1959 the group was founded by a small group of London-based New Zealanders as the London Māori Club. In 1971 it was renamed the Ngāti Rānana London Māori Club. denotes a tribe (or ) and is a Māori-language translation (similar pronunciation) of the name London. Founding member

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was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service in the

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. She was named New Zealander of the Year in Britain for 2009, 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. 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 Rahera Windsor (born Rahera Honi Heta; 13 March 1925 – 3 May 2004) was a kuia (female elder) of the Māori community in the United Kingdom, and one of the founding members of Ngāti Rānana. Biography Windsor was born at Pupuke, near ...

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External links

Ngāti Rānana website

Ngāti Rānana Facebook Group

Hinemihi on the National Trust website
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