My name is Vennessa Evans-Hovell and I live in Te Araroa two hours north of Gisborne. Through my mother’s side we whakapapa back to Moeraki from Teitei Te Pahi.
My daughter, Ayla Moepera Evans applied and received Ngāi Tahu scholarships, which helped her in her journey to becoming a nurse.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ngāi Tahu and Te Rūnanga o Moeraki for helping Ayla achieve her goals.
This photograph was taken on her graduation day,10 March, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Nursing from the Waiariki Institute of Technology. Nā Vennessa Evans-Hovell.
Ayla Moepera Evans on her special day.
Congratulations also to Jasmine McCarthy, who recently graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Imaging). Her degree entailed science, physics, mathematics and English – it is a line of learning which is regarded as the fulcrum of hospital procedure.
Twenty-one year-old Jasmine is a member of Moeraki Marae and lives in Hamilton. Jasmine has won three scholarships, provided by Moeraki for which she is especially grateful, in addition to having won the Yamada-O’Regan Scholarship, twice. It was a remarkable feat, given, among other attributes, for clearly identifiable leadership qualities.
Jasmine is employed by a major New Zealand hospital and is going to take on further studies on magnetic resonance imaging.
She works night shift and is, at times, the only radiographer on duty in a most demanding capacity handling various critical situations. We are so proud of you. Nā Kuia Ellen McCarthy.
Jasmine and Kuia Ellen McCarthy (née Flack) after she had been capped.