Keri Kaa

Hohi Ngapera Te Moana Keri Kaa  (1942 – 26 August 2020) was a New Zealand writer, educator and activist for te reo Māori. 

During her time in Wellington, Kaa was involved with the Haeata Women's Collective (a group of Māori women artists), the Herstory diary project, and the Waiata Koa collective.

Her children's book Taka Ki Ro Wai, written in the Waiapu dialect of te reo, won the inaugural Māori language category in the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and honored in the National Design Awards for creative director Martin Page's work.

Kaa died on 26 August 2020, aged 78.Keri Kaa shared gifts of her tipuna

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Category:1942 births
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Category:New Zealand writers
Category:Māori rights activists
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