Acknowledgements

Acknowledgement is given to Ngāti Whātua as mana whenua of Auckland, Tāmaki Makaurau.

In preparation for the physical and virtual exhibition Te Rōpū Ratonga Māori would like to thank every one that offered support or assistance. The support from Allison Dobbie and the Business Lead Team, is acknowledged. We gratefully recognise the support of the Heritage Manager Theresa Graham, special collections librarians Georgia Prince, Kate de Courcy, Iain Sharp and Annette Hay and all the special collections staff, so too the Preservation Unit and Marketing team. For work on the virtual exhibition thank you to the Digital Publishing team and Kirsten Gustafsson.
For their collegial expertise we thank Auckland War Memorial Museum, Alexander Turnbull Library, Hokianga Historical Society and Hokianga Tourism, Northern Advocate, New Zealand Herald and Catholic Diocese of Auckland.

Thanks to John McIver for the photography and Ngahiraka mason for project managing instillation and the catalogue. To all our many friends and relatives from Hokianga, may you continue the conversations between two places of learning and understanding.
To the artists who contributed artwork for the exhibition, Kia Ora Rā!

Most of all we thank our collective ancestors who left much Kōrero to reflect on.

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa.