Northern wahine Sarah Smith on 25 years in New York

In 1998 Sarah Smith was passing through New York to the UK but opportunity knocked and after study and work at New Zealand's Permanent Mission to the UN she established her own company, MokoISM. Her whakapapa is linked to Ngati Kuri, Ngati Kahu, Ngati Rehia, Ngati Hine, Te Rarawa, Ngapuhi and Te Aupouri. Her children can combine that with African American ancestry and links to the Blackfoot and Cherokee peoples.