“A Hawke's Bay man has become the first New Zealander to receive a Polynesian Cultural Centre lifetime award for services to the performing arts,” The New Zealand Herald reports this week.
“Tommy Taurima was presented with The Lei Pulama Aloha Living Treasure Award at the weekend amongst family and friends at the Latter-day Saints chapel in Bridge Pa.”
Read more at The New Zealand Herald.
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