24 May 2022

Tributes pour in for Dame Aroha Reriti-Crofts

From Morning Report, 8:55 am on 24 May 2022

The former president of the Māori Women's Welfare League and Kapa Haka advocate, Dame Aroha Reriti-Crofts, will be laid to rest today at her urupa near Kaiapoi.

She died on Friday, aged 83, at a Christchurch hospital surrounded by her whanau. 

Dame Aroha was a champion for wāhine Māori, and once held a world endurance record for performing with poi. 

Ashleigh McCaull reports.