Ta Mark Solomon’s memoir Mana Whakatipu was featured on Te Ao, Maori Television's news bulletin:
‘Everyone has an opinion about Covid-19 and Tā Mark Solomon is no exception.
‘He read a story in his local paper in Christchurch suggesting Māori were getting faster vaccinations than the rest of the country.
‘“Well, interestingly, my Pākehā wife got her notice before I got mine, and I'm older than her,” Solomon says.
‘The former kaiwhakahaere of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu was talking to Te Ao Māori News today as a book about his life Mana Whakatipu, written by journalist Mark Revington was published.
‘The book charts Solomon's journey from freezing worker and foundryman to kaiwhakahaere of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.
‘Solomon was elected as a representative for Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura and subsequently as chairman of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu in 1998, three days before the iwi's Treaty of Waitangi settlement was passed.’
Watch the full interview with Neil Waka here.
