CIVS President – Ian Karika
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[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Around 800 years ago, the noble Samoan warrior Karika was one of Polynesia’s great seafarers, an explorer who regarded the Pacific Ocean without fear – a moving, fluid highway to sail upon and discover new lands. Legend says that Karika left his home island of Manua, east of Samoa, with 140 warriors onboard two […]
Vice President – Tetini Pekepo
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Born in a small township in central Hawkesbay under the korowai of Ngati Kahungungu, Whataiapiti. Later on in life influenced by carving and stories on marae’s, I took a deep interest in maoridom until a kaumatua said to me ” Boy no whea mai koe” It was then that I planned to search for myself, […]