Tears were shed this morning as iwi Ngati Awa led a dawn karakia in Whakatane this morning to commemorate one year since the Whakaari eruption.
Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas
And shortly about one hundred people will flow into the Mataatua wharenui at at Te Manuka Tutahi marae for a ceremony.
RNZ reporter Jean Bell speaks to Mani Dunlop from Whakatāne.
