David Ellison and plaque re-dedication ceremony

March 2015

Kindly supplied by Catherine Caley, Otago Community Services Leader, Plunket

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In March 2015, David Ellison, the son of Thomas Mutu Ellison, thought to be the 'first Plunket baby', was present at the rededication of the Sir Frederic Truby King plaque located in Karitane. During the rededication ceremony, David blessed the plaque and said ‘Without [Sir Truby] I wouldn’t be here’. David Ellison is a prominent member of the Karitane community and is kaumatua and upoko (chief) on the Puketeraki marae there.