Aroha Reriti-Crofts

Aroha Hōhipera Reriti-Crofts CBE (born August 1938) is a former national president of the Māori Women’s Welfare League and active community worker amongst Māori in New Zealand.[1][2]

Reriti-Crofts joined the Ōtautahi Māori Women’s Welfare League in 1968 and served as secretary of the branch in the 1970s. In 1990 she was elected national president. In the 1993 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to Māori and the community.[1] Also in 1993, she was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[3] In 2014 she unsuccessfully stood for election as a Member of Parliament in the Waimakariri electorate, representing the Māori Party.[4]

Her involvements in community organisations include serving as a trustee of Te Puawaitanga ki Ōtautahi Trust, the Māori Women’s Development Incorporated, Mana Waitaha Charitable Trust and Maori Reserve Lands: Tuahiwi/North Canterbury, She is a kaiwhakamana of the Department of Corrections and chairperson of Matapopore – Tūāhuriri Rūnanga.[5] She has been particularly involved with health initiatives in Maori communities, such as Tamariki Ora (well-child), Rapuora (mobile nursing service), outreach immunisation, flu vaccinations for older people and breast feeding advocacy.[2]

In 2016, Reriti-Crofts was a runner-up for the Māori/Pacific Health Volunteer Award from the New Zealand Ministry of Health.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Māori Women's Welfare League". Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  2. 1 2 "Canterbury DHB CEO Update" (PDF). 4 April 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "National holds Waimakariri". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  5. ↑ "Trustees and Management – Matapopore Charitable Trust". www.matapopore.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  6. ↑ "2016 Volunteer Awards recipients". Ministry of Health NZ. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
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