The precious Māori gift Meghan Markle will take with her from Aotearoa

Publish Date: Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 2:37PM

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are in the country until tomorrow and Flava's got a bit of a connection to the Royals.

Kiri Nathan kindly gifted a special pounamu to the Duchess on her visit to Wellington earlier this week.

Kiri posted to Instagram to share the news that Meghan would be leaving the country with a special piece of KIRI NATHAN pounamu.

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We are thrilled that through the generosity of our wonderful New Zealand Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy, that Her Royal Highness Meghan Duchess of Sussex will be leaving our shores with KIRI NATHAN Pounamu, (carver Jason Nathan) It was such an honour to attend the Royal reception at Government House Wellington to celebrate the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand “womens words” @damepatsyreddy @meghanmarkle_hd

A post shared by KIRI NATHAN (@kirinathan) on Oct 29, 2018 at 1:06am PDT

Kiri also happens to be the mother of our very own Ast from Drive with Daz and Ast!

Kiri also revealed on Instagram that her fashion label was the designer of our Prime Minister's outfit for the meeting at Government House. Jacinda Ardern wore an outfit with a KIRI NATHAN handwoven collar.

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Adhern wearing KIRI NATHAN LBD with handwoven collar, to meet with the Duke and Dutchess of Sussex at the New Zealand Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy’s reception. In celebration of the 125th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in New Zealand, I couldn’t be prouder to witness a female Prime Minister and Governor General represent leadership with grace, compassion, dignity, strength, smarts and kindness. And seriously can we give this incredible woman some props for looking so 🔥 straight after having a baby whilst running a country! Working māmā’s rock! @jacindaardern @damepatsyreddy

A post shared by KIRI NATHAN (@kirinathan) on Oct 29, 2018 at 11:49am PDT

Kiri's previous work has included designing Korowai for the Governor General for an honours ceremony, where the Topp Twins, for example, got recognised for the work in their industry.

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Wonderful to see Women acknowledged after dedicating their lives to purpose and positive change... ************************************ Thank you to our legendary New Zealand Governor General @damepatsyreddy for commissioning these two KN contemporary Korowai for these prestigious acknowledgments and investiture ceremonies... ************************************** Dame Jools Topp Dame Lynda Topp Dame Winnie Laban Dame Catherine Healy *************************************** @topptwins @govgeneralnz

A post shared by KIRI NATHAN (@kirinathan) on Oct 8, 2018 at 4:04pm PDT

Go Kiri - we're so happy that Meghan gets to take a piece of Aotearoa with her!

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