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Four Waitakere arts laureates were announced last night - soprano Patricia Wright, artist Fatu Feu'u, painter Peter Siddell and Mau dance group director Lemi Ponifasio.
They join a dozen, who had laureate status conferred by the city in 2006, including writer C. K. Stead and singer/songwriter Mahinarangi Tocker, who died on Tuesday.
- NZPA
