I whanau a Stan Pardoe i Manutuke, i haere ia ki te Kareti o Te Aute, no muri mai ka uru atu ki te kaupapa whakangungu ngaherehere i Rotorua i te tau 1960. Ko tana mahi he kaikirimana kutikuti hipi me te mahi ahuwhenua, ka moe ia mo Molly, tokowha ana tamariki.

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I te tau 1988, ka noho a Stan hei kaitiaki taketake mo TROTAK, i uru ki roto i nga kaupapa nui a te hapori Maori tae atu ki te whakataunga Maori Fisheries. I whai waahi nui ia ki te whakatu ano i te Manutuke Postal Centre me te tiamana i te RCT. Nā tana whakapau kaha ki ana taonga tuku iho, ka tukuna e ia he kerēme Tiriti o Waitangi mo Rongowhakaata, ā, nō muri mai ka noho hei Kaiwhiriwhiri Matua, ka mutu ko te whakataunga i te tau 2011.

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I toro atu te pono o Stan ki te mahi hei kaitiaki mo nga momo whakahaere, tae atu ki te RST me te RIT, hei kanohi mo Ohako. I tana whakatānga, e whā ngā pukapuka i tuhia e ia, e whai wāhi tonu ana ki ngā mātauranga me ngā hītori o tōna hapori.

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His efforts in preserving and enhancing the Mātauranga Māori of Rongowhakaata and his service to Iwi, hapu, whanau, and land stewardship were recognised in 2023 with an Honorary Doctorate from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. Ko te oranga o Takuta Stan Pardoe he tohu mo tona whakapau kaha ki tona hapori me ona taonga tuku iho.