{"id":12,"date":"2024-11-10T20:32:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T20:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pikupihi.org\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-02-26T21:07:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T21:07:37","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pikupihi.org\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-911\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-103-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-911 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default-base\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"New Slideshow\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"700\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_911\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_911\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-928 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-02-25 22:06:15\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pikupihi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Picture2-500x214.png\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-911 slide-928 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Picture2\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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