Takutai Wikiriwhi
Rev Takutai Wikiriwhi, of Orakei, received the Insignia of a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order for services to Maori, on 15 April 2008. Rev Wikiriwhi has been involved with the Maori community in Auckland and Northland, as a keeper of traditional knowledge and an orator on marae for more than 30 years. He is also kaumatua for the University of Auckland and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 1999.