Elma Maua

Elma Ngatokoa Maua (12 November 1948 – 28 April 2010) was a Cook Islands-born New Zealand journalist and editor. Maua was one of New Zealand's first Pacific Islander journalists.[1][2]

Maua was born in Rarotonga, Cook Islands in 1948, the youngest of six children. She moved with her family to Wellington, New Zealand, in 1952.

She worked as a journalist for Radio New Zealand and Niu FM.[1] In 1999, Maua briefly returned to the Cook Islands, where she worked in the Prime Minister's office.[1]

In 2010, her deteriorating health forced Maua to retire as the sports editor of Radio New Zealand International.[1] She died on 28 April 2010, in Wellington, New Zealand, at the age of 61. She was survived by her five children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Veteran Pacific broadcaster Elma Maua dies aged 61". Radio New Zealand International. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  2. ↑ "Pioneer Pacific journalist Elma Maua dies at age 62". Radio Australia. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-23.

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