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Young Māori Business Leaders Outstanding excellence and success in business Blanche Morrogh (nee Murray) of Kai Ora Honey says winning the Young Maori Business Leader Award last year “broke down fear barriers” for the Far North-based whanau business. “It was motivating and inspiring and gave us the courage to push forward with our ‘outside the box’ ideas,” says Mrs Morrogh, who was also a finalist for Next Women of the Year 2017 in the Business and Innovation category. The entire Kai Ora Honey Team. Walter Murray, Samson Murray, Mabel Murray, Ralph Mitchell, Jody Mitchell, Sobieski Murray, Mata Murray, Blanche Morrogh, Liam Morrogh & Tae Murray in front. MBLA 2017 - Young Māori Business Leader Award: Blanche Morrogh (nee Murray) To inspire and support a whanau beekeeping enterprise network that demonstrates Kaitiakitanga for our whenua, whilst delivering positive economic outcomes for Te Tai Tokerau.

Meet the Trailblazers: 125 Kiwi women who changed the world. Explore their extraordinary stories. Eva Rickard was a champion of Māori land rights EVA RICKARD Māori activist 1925-1997 Champion of Māori land rights Eva Rickard was an influential figure in both calls for addressing Māori land rights grievances and also backing women's rights within Māoridom. Rickard's greatest stand came over a 62-acre plot of land near Raglan, which was confiscated by the Government during World War II for the purpose of a military airfield. While that development never went ahead, the land was not given back to iwi. Instead it was developed into a public golf course in 1969.