Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan
Tini "Whetu" Marama Tirikatene-Sullivan was a New Zealand politician. She was the longest serving MP in New Zealand's Parliament. Tirikatene-Sullivan was one of few women to give an oration at Ratana Pa. She won the Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Tirikatene-Sullivan was one of the top fencers in New Zealand. She was also a national ballroom dancing champion.