Read the article written by Amokura Panoho here.
Precious Clark was born in the middle of her tribe’s hard-fought occupation of Bastion Point/Takaparawhau. Her grandfather, Eruini Hawke, often remarked to Precious’ pregnant mother, Patu, that her unborn baby was precious. The struggle of her iwi, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, has shaped Precious’ life and now she embraces service to the tribe’s mana motuhake (self-determination).