Te Paekiomeka Joy Ruha, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetTe Paekiomeka Joy Ruha
New Zealand activist
Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1931
Date of Death: 16-Dec-2011
Profession: activist
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Te Paekiomeka Joy Ruha
- Te Paekiomeka Joy Ruha (21 February 1931 – 16 December 2011) was a prominent Maori leader and member of Maori Women's Welfare League.
- Of Te Whanau-a-Apanui and Ngati Porou descent, she lived most of her life in Wellington. A trained teacher, she taught Maori language for many years at The Correspondence School, enabling students whose schools did not offer the language to take in by distance education.Since 1986, she had been kaumatua of Te Herenga Waka Marae at Victoria University of Wellington.
- She was a lifetime member of the Maori Women’s Welfare League and a foundation member of Te Atamira Taiwhenua, the national Maori advisory group to the Department of Internal Affairs.
- For some years she was a judge at the national kapa haka competitions.In the 1988 New Year Honours, she was made a companion of the Queen's Service Order.
- In the 2006 Birthday Honours, she was appointed officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
- She was made a Hunter Fellow of Victoria University of Wellington in 2011.
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