A Ngati haua historian and project manager of a plan to link 18 significant Maori sites along the Waikato riverbank, an initiative of the Nga Mana Toopu O Kirikiriroa group.
Puke, Wiremu, active 2005
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"Go forth and provide a site for a youth unit in Hillcrest. 26 August 2005.
Date: 2005
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
Reference: DCDL-0000103
Description: The scene shows an Anglican vicar preaching at his pulpit. Suddenly from on high the voice of God instructs him to go forth and find a site in Hillcrest for a youth unit. Refers to the perennial problem of people not wanting a prison in their 'back yard'. Ngati Haua historian Wiremu Puke confirmed that the Tamahere site that Child, Youth and Family (Cyf) is considering for a $30 million youth prison was an historic pa site. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).