Princess Iwa
Meet the young woman from Bluff who shared her culture on the world stage.
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Series: School Journal Level 3 June 2022
Reading year level: 5
Topics: ancestors, biography, composer, concert party, culture, history, international, kapa haka, opera, performance, princess, singing, tīpuna, tūpuna, wahine, waiata, whānau, World War I, World War II
Princess Iwa
Words by Angela Skerrett Tainui
One day, many years ago, I was visiting my pōua when I noticed a photo of a beautiful wahine on the wall. She had long, wavy hair and wore a kākahu around her shoulders and a hei tiki around her neck. She looked to be about eighteen.
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