Kua whakawhiwhia a Tamati Kruger o Ngāi Tūhoe ki te hōnore Distinguished Alumni mai i te Whare Wānanga o Wikitōria.
Ko ēnei momo tohu mea hanga hei whakanui, hei whakahōnore I ngā tauira nā rātou i ruirui te kākano o te whai mātauranga ki Wikitōria.
Na reira kua eke nei a Kruger ki ngā teiteitanga o āna nei mahi mo tōna iwi, te take o tōna whiwhinga, ā, ko āna hoawhiwhi tohu, ko Ian Fergusson, ko Alan Isaac, Penny Jamieson, Helen Kedgley, me Derek Handley.
Ko Tamati te māngai o Tūhoe i pakanga pau te kaha kia tutuki he whakaeatanga mō ngā mamae me ngā raupatu a Tūhoe, arā atu arā atu ngā hua pāinga mō Tūhoe i roto i ngā tau.