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Nganeko and Eden Minhinnick, above, and Donas and Bill Nathan, right. Both winners paid tribute to their partner for their encouragement and help in their community work Kanawa, paying a short visit home to New Zealand, and now making a successful career of singing. Mrs Minhinnick is deeply involved in community affairs at Waiuku, is a J.P., holds a Maori Interpreter's licence, and teaches Maori at local night classes. Mr Nathan has made his mark in many things in Wellington, is manager of the New Zealand Display Centre, and with his wife takes a prominent part in the activities of the Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club. Pictured at the presentation, from left, Mr John Morris, personal representative of Sir Jack Butland, Mrs Nganeko Minhinnick, ‘Young Maori Woman of the Year’, Sir Turi Carroll, president of the New Zealand Maori Council, The Hon. Duncan MacIntyre, Minister of Maori Affairs, and Mr Bill Nathan, ‘Young Maori Man of the Year’