Susan Horne

This is a brief update following the mid-June kanohi ki te kanohi APANZ Council meeting in Whanganui-a-Tara from Whakaoho Aroha/Te Tiriti Bicultural Committee (TTBC).

Just while we are all getting used to new names, TTBAC thought it a good time to introduce to our membership our new name—Whakaoho Aroha/TTBC—which means “to lovingly wake up or startle”. This name was informally suggested by our Māori members, and was in use by us following our 2017 and 2018 hui. We also decided there could be some wisdom in removing “Advisory” from our title as we imagined post-review our future direction might evolve and change, and not everyone enjoys being ‘advised’.

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