Te Paea Paringatai (Waikato, Ngāti Porou) was voted, by a landslide, as the new president-elect of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, becoming the first person from Aotearoa to hold the prestigious global leadership role.
Ko Te Paea Paringatai, he mema honore o Te Rōpū Whakahau, kua eke ki te atamira o te ao whānui, ā, ka tu hei māngai mō tōna iwi, mō ngāi Māori, .me Te Rōpū Whakahau hei perehitini tuarua o IFLA. Ka riro i a ia tēnei tūranga i te hui IFLA WLIC ka tū ki Kazakhstan i tēnei tau. E tino hīkaka ana mātau, ā, ka tautoko hoki mātau o Te Rōpū Whakahau i a Te Paea i tēnei haerenga āna. Ka tīmata tana perehitinitanga i te tau 2027. Ko te pae tawhiti e tūmanako nei mātau katoa, hei tauira hoki mā tātau.
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