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Tae rawa ki te tekau tau atu i 1980, e 22 ōrau o ngā wāhine Māori e kuhu ana i roto tari. I te tau 1985, ka kowhiringia a Helena Schenkel hei perehitini mō te Uniana o ngā Kaimahi Tari o Waitaha. Koia te wahine tuatahi ki te tūranga perehitini i ngā tau e 47. Ka tuhono a Schenkel ki te uniana i a ia e mahi ana hei kaiwhakahaere wheketere i Watties. Ka tu a ia ki te komiti Māori o te Tōpūtanga o ngā Kaimahi o Aotearoa, waihoki, ka tū a ia i te taha o te Bruce Bay Trust ki te whakahē i te keri koura ki ngā whenua Māori ki Te Tai Poutini. Ā koia te perehitini o Rākau Te Kura, he peka o te Rōpū Wāhine Toko i te Ora.
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