Te Mātāwai membership complete
Hon Te Ururoa Flavell
Minita
Whanaketanga Māori
Minister for Māori
Development
02 September 2016
Media Statement
Te Mātāwai
membership complete
Māori Development Minister Hon Te Ururoa Flavell has announced the final two members of Te Mātāwai and says the board is ready to lead te reo Māori to a new level.
Mr Flavell has appointed Professor Rawinia Higgins and Robin Hapi to Te Mātāwai – the new entity to lead the revitalisation of te reo Māori on behalf of iwi.
“Iwi and Māori have already selected 11 highly skilled and experienced members for Te Mātāwai and now that the board in complete I look forward to some dynamic and inspiring plans.”
Professor Higgins, the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Māori) at Victoria University, is a widely acknowledged expert on the revitalisation of te reo Māori and has held many roles on boards, advisory groups and working parties. She is currently a board member of Te Māngai Pāho and a Commissioner for Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori but has indicated her intention to resign from those entities in order to focus on Te Mātāwai.
Mr Hapi has extensive governance and senior management experience across a range of government, private and community organisations and is currently Te Amokapua (Chair) of the Council of Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa, and a board member of Callaghan Innovation, Te Pou Matakana the North Island Commissioning Agency for Whānau Ora, and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.
Members already selected by iwi and Te Reo Tukutuku cluster groups are:
Iwi clusters
Te Tai
Tokerau – Waihoroi Shortland
Tainui – Pānia
Papa
Mātaatua - Bentham Ohia
Te Arawa – Dr Cathy
Dewes
Te Tai Rāwhiti - Jeremy Tātere MacLeod
Te Tai
Hauāuru – Dr Ruakere Hond
Te Waipounamu - Nuki
Tākao
Reo Tukutuku clusters
Education – Mereana
Selby
Media – Scotty Morrison
Community – Dr Hiria
Hape
Urban – Willie Jackson
“They will provide us with the leadership our language needs to flourish. My aspiration for Te Mātāwai is that it will be lead revitalisation initiatives so that more people are speaking te reo Māori, and there are more places throughout our society where they can speak Māori.”
The board will hold its inaugural meeting from 4-6 October.
Biographical information on Te Mātāwai members attached
Te Mātāwai Members
Iwi Cluster Appointments
Te Tai Tokerau – Waihoroi
Shortland (Ngāti Hine and Te Aupouri)
Waihoroi
Shortland is a writer, director, producer and actor who has
more than 30 years’ experience working in te reo
Māori-related media. His early working life was as a Clerk
and Interpreter for the Māori Land Court in Te Taitokerau
and as a Māori Community Officer in Auckland, Pukekohe and
Kaitaia. From there he worked as a senior journalist on
both Te Karere and Mana Māori Media. His film credits
include the lead in Tangata Whai Rawa o Weneti – the
Māori Merchant of Venice, a role for which he was awarded
Best Actor at the New Zealand Film Awards. He was part of
the cast of a te reo Māori adaptation of Shakespeare’s
Troilus and Cressida at the Globe Theatre in London.
Waihoroi was a Commissioner for Te Taura Whiri i te Reo
Māori and is a current member of the Māori Television
Services Board.
Tainui – Pānia Papa (Ngāti
Korokī-Kahukura, Ngāti Mahuta)
Pānia Papa has
a vast array of experience in education and media – all
with an emphasis on te reo Māori and Māori development.
She is a former Māori Studies lecturer at Waikato
University and has consulted to a number of education
agencies. Her broadcasting work includes producing,
presenting, and translating for television including
reversioning globally popular cartoons into Māori. She was
a member of the independent panel that reviewed the
Crown’s Māori Language Strategy in 2011, and was on the
Māori Language Quality Assurance Group overseeing the
translation of Te Ture mō Te Reo Māori. Pānia is
currently a member of the Waikato-Tainui Reo Advisory Group,
working to implement the Waikato-Tainui iwi language
strategy. She was a member of the advisory group that
reviewed the Raukawa iwi language strategy in 2015 and the
Ngāti Kahungunu iwi language strategy in 2014. Pānia is a
director of Takatū Associates Limited focusing on
innovations in Māori language education and broadcasting;
and Assistant Director of Te Panekiretanga o te Reo
(Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language), an
organisation she has been involved in since 2004, initially
as one of the inaugural intake of students and currently a
member of the teaching faculty.
Mātaatua
- Bentham Ohia (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti
Ranginui, Ngāti Te Roro o Te Rangi, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti
Rārua and Ngai Tahu)
Bentham Ohia has been
involved with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWOA), for many years,
seven of which were spent as CEO (2006-2013). While at TWOA
he was involved in the development of a number of Māori
culture, knowledge, language and identity programmes.
Bentham is the president of the leadership organisation
Advancement of Māori Opportunity, and continues to mentor
and support many of the graduates from the programme who are
now in leadership roles. He is also deputy chairman at the
Waikato-Tainui College of Research and Development and a
Trustee of Nga Potiki Trust in Pāpāmoa,
Tauranga.
Te Arawa – Dr Cathy Dewes (Ngāti
Rangitihi, Te Arawa, Ngāti Porou)
Dr Cathy
Dewes is a long-time advocate of te reo Māori and has been
actively involved in various Māori language revitalisation
initiatives for more than 40 years. Cathy was the first
woman to serve on Te Arawa Māori Trust Board and was
involved with advocating a fair settlement for Ngāti
Rangitihi in the CNI Forests Collective Settlement. She has
also been a director of the Māori Television Service and is
currently the chair of Te Reo Irirangi o Te Arawa.Cathy was
one of the group who began Māori Language Day in 1975,
which later became Māori Language Week. She was
instrumental in the establishment of kura kaupapa Māori
schools throughout Aotearoa, and is the principal of Te Kura
Kaupapa Māori o Ruamata in Rotorua, one of the first Maori
language Aho Matua schools, as well as Tumuaki of Te
Runanganui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori, the national body for
kura kaupapa Māori. She has been involved in establishing
and lecturing on several pre-service training courses
preparing teachers for work in Kura Kaupapa
Māori.
Te Tai Rāwhiti - Jeremy Tātere MacLeod
(Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Arawa, Ngāti Raukawa te au ki te
Tonga, Rangitāne, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāi Tahu, Te Āti Awa,
Waikato, Ngāti Maniapoto, Taranaki)
Jeremy
Tātere MacLeod is recognised as one of the key champions
for te reo Māori revitalisation for Ngāti Kahungunu and is
supported by his kaumātua in the many roles within the
region and nationally. Jeremy is a graduate of ‘Te
Panekiretanga o Te Reo’ and Waikato University with a
Master of Arts (Māori) First Class Honours and is currently
enrolled in their PhD programme. He is also a member of Te
Mata Punenga, an elite group being groomed as karakia
specialists, ensuring these skills are being fostered in the
next generation. Jeremy currently works for Ngāti Kahungunu
Iwi incorporated, and is tasked with the implementation of
the Ngāti Kahungunu Māori Language Revitalisation Strategy
– Kahungunu, kia eke! Jeremy also offers cultural advice
and te reo Māori expertise, currently leading a major
research project aimed at the identification and
preservation of unique tribal dialectal variations. He also
provides specialist advice around language revitalisation
and language planning based on his own experiences as a
second language learner and his own aspirations to attain
fluency.
Te Tai Hauāuru – Dr Ruakere Hond
(Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Ati Awa,
Whānau-a-Apanui)
For more than 30 years Dr
Ruakere Hond has been keenly involved with adult education
in the community and in tertiary institutions, specifically
in the areas of reo Māori immersion learning and community
development. He is a professional development trainer with
Te Ataarangi, a recipient of the Hohua Tutengaehe research
fellowship and a programme facilitator with Kura Whakarauora
- language planning training intensives. Previous positions
include Project co-ordinator with Te Reo o Taranaki Trust
and Head of Māori studies at Te Whare Wānanga o
Awanuiārangi. Ruakere is currently Chairperson of Te
Runanga o Te Ataarangi, a council member of Western
Institute of Technology in Taranaki and is very active in
development projects in Parihaka. He has held a number of
governance positions such as Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
and has maintained involvement in many community-based reo
initiatives at a regional and national
level.
Te Waipounamu - Nuki Tākao (Te
Ātiawa, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Toa Rangatira,
Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāi Tūhoe)
Nuki
Tākao is a passionate practitioner of te reo Māori
revitalisation, with an in-depth understanding of its unique
diverse difficulties through her experiences in kura kaupapa
Māori, whanau/hapū/iwi language development, research and
publishing. She is a Director of Māreikura Ltd working with
kura, publishers, government and iwi organisations to
deliver a range of services including publishing,
consulting, advocating, lecturing, and educational
leadership. Current work includes Wānanga Reo, Māori
Medium Publishing and Te Aho Tātairangi (Kura Kaupapa
Māori Teacher Training).
Māori Language
Stakeholder Groups – Te Reo Tukutuku
Appointments
Education – Mereana
Selby (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Huia, Ngāti
Porou)
Mereana Selby has been active in the
Māori language revival movement over the last 40 years,
particularly within her own iwi of Ngāti Raukawa.
She has a particular interest in language revitalisation
and intergenerational language transmission. Mereana began
her career as a secondary school teacher of te reo Māori
and Physical Education. She then took up a position at
Wellington College of Education in bilingual teacher
training. After 4 years there she joined Te Wānanga o
Raukawa as Kaihautū (Director): Whakaakoranga, the faculty
responsible for the delivery of Māori medium teacher
training programmes. She also completed a Masters in
Mātauranga Māori during this time. In 2007
Mereana was appointed to the role of Tumuaki at Te Wānanga
o Raukawa. She is the first woman to be appointed as CEO of
a Wānanga and is now in the 10th year of her tenure. She
is the Chair of Te Tauihu o Ngā Wānanga - the association
of the three wānanga.
Media – Scotty
Morrison (Ngāti Whakaue)
Scotty Morrison is the
presenter of Māori current affairs programmes Te Karere and
Marae. He holds a Diploma of Teaching, Bachelor of
Education and Masters (Education) from Waikato University
and was previously Adjunct Professor of Māori Language and
Tikanga at Unitec, Auckland. He also served as Head of
Department at Unitec’s School of Maori. He is currently
completing his PhD on Language Revitalisation. He has held
Māori language advisory roles for a number of
organisations, and designed and implemented the Ngāti
Whakaue language revitalisation strategy. He is the writer
of The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori and Māori Made Easy
– For everyday learners of the Māori Language – which
is a book supported with text and video content within the
MāoriLanguage.net website.
Community – Dr
Hiria Hape (Tūhoe, Whakatōhea)
Dr Hiria Hape
is currently a Senior Advisor/Pouwhakahaere for Māori
Relationships and is a member of the Senior Leadership Team
at Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry of Maori Development. In
her role, she supports the Prime Minister and Governor
General on tikanga Māori matters and also supports Minister
of Treaty Settlements and Minister for Māori Development /
Minister for Whānau Ora. Prior to undertaking her current
role at Te Puni Kōkiri, Hiria was the Senior Manager of the
Māori Cultural Perspective Unit for the Ministry. From
1999 she was an executive manager of Tūhoe Education
Authority and cultural advisor for the New Zealand Army.
She was Head of School Māori Studies at Wellington
Polytechnic from 1991 to 1998 and a Senior Lecturer. She
completed her Masters of Education at Victoria University of
Wellington in 1998 and her thesis 'Māori Learning Styles'
was the first written for the Faculty of Education entirely
in te reo Māori. She completed her Doctoral thesis at Te
Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi in 2015 and this was also the
first PHD written in te reo Māori for
Awanuiārangi.
Urban – Willie
Jackson
Willie Jackson is the chief executive of
the Manukau Urban Māori Authority, Chairman of the National
Māori Radio Network – Te Whakaruruhau O Ngā Reo Irirangi
Māori, and chairman of the National Urban Māori Authority.
He was the leader of the Mana Motuhake Party - the first
Māori party in Government, and deputy leader of the
Alliance. Prior to entering parliament Willie was a long
time union official, sports broadcaster, Māori music label
executive and Urban Māori Authority negotiator. He is now
an award-winning broadcaster, political commentator and
talkback host for Radio Waatea (Paakiwaha) and Radio
Live.
Ministerial
Appointments
Professor Rawinia
Higgins (Tūhoe)
Professor Rawinia Higgins is
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Māori) at Victoria University. She
has worked at the university since 2009 and prior to her
appointment as Deputy Vice Chancellor in June 2016 she was
the Head of Te Kawa a Māui and Assistant Vice-Chancellor
Māori Research. Rawinia a widely acknowledged expert on
the revitalisation of te reo Māori and has held many roles
on boards, advisory groups and working parties. She chaired
the Māori Language Advisory Group for the Minister for
Māori Development, which influenced and shaped Te Ture mō
Te Reo Māori 2016 and the establishment of Te Mātāwai.
She was a member of the working party for Iwi Chairs’
Collective Māori Language Strategy 2014. She is currently
a board member of Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga Centre of
Research Excellence, a member of the Waitangi Tribunal.
Prior to her appointment to Te Mātāwai she was a board
member of Te Māngai Pāho and a Commissioner for Te Taura
Whiri I te Reo Māori.
Robin
Hapi
Robin Hapi has extensive governance and
senior management experience across a range of government,
private and community organisation. He was previously CEO of
Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd for three years and CEO of the former
Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission for 13 years. His
current positions include Te Amokapua (Chair) of the Council
of Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa, a board member of Callaghan
Innovation, Te Pou Matakana the North Island Commissioning
Agency for Whanau Ora, and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.
In 2016, he became a Companion of the New Zealand Order of
Merit for services to Māori, community and governance. He
is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a
Fellow of the NZ Institute of Management.
Te
Ururoa Flavell, kua whai hōnore
Minita
Whanaketanga Māori
02 Mahuru
2016 Pānui Pāpāho
Kua kapi
katoa ngā tūranga o Te Mātāwai
Kua pānuitia e te Minita Whanaketanga Māori, e Te Ururoa Flavell, kua whai hōnore, ngā ingoa o ngā mema whakamutunga e rua o Te Mātāwai, ā, e kī ana ia kua rite te poari ki te ārahi i te kawenga o te reo Māori ki taumata kē atu.
Kua kopoutia e Te Ururoa a Ahorangi Rawinia Higgins rāua ko Robin Hapi ki a Te Mātāwai – ki te hinonga hou hei ārahi i te whakarauoratanga o te reo Māori mā ngā iwi.
"Kua oti kē i ngā iwi me ngāi Māori te whiriwhiri ngā tāngata 11 e whai pūkenga nui ana, e whai wheako nui ana hoki hei mema mō Te Mātāwai, ā, i te whakatutukitanga o ngā kopoutanga o te poari, e pūnganangana ana au ki te kite i ētahi mahere whakahihiri, i ētahi mahere whakaawe hoki."
Ko Ahorangi Higgins te Tumu Ahurei ki Te Whare Wānanga o Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui e mōhio whānuitia ana hei mātanga e pā ana ki te whakarauoratanga o te reo Māori, ā, kua whai tūranga huhua ia ki ngā poari, ki ngā rōpū tohutohu, ki ngā rōpū kōkiri kaupapa anō hoki. I tēnei wā, ko ia tētahi o ngā mema o te poari o Te Māngai Pāho, ā, he Kaikōmihana hoki ia i Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, engari kua tohua tana hiahia kia wātea ia i aua hinonga e pai ai tana arotahi ki a Te Mātāwai.
Inā kē te whānui o ngā wheako ā-mana hautū, ā-mana whakahaere matua hoki o Hapi i ngā momo whakahaere ā-kāwanatanga, ā-tūmataiti, ā-hapori hoki, ka mutu, i tēnei wā, ko ia Te Amokapua o Te Mana Whakahaere o Te Wānanga o Raukawa, ā, he mema ia i te poari o Callaghan Innovation, o Te Pou Matakana, arā, o te Pokapū Kōmihana mō Whānau Ora ki Te Ika-a-Māui, o Te Mata o Aotearoa anō hoki.
Ko ngā mema kua whiriwhirihia kētia e ngā kāhui ā-iwi me ngā kāhui o Te Reo Tukutuku, ko:
Ngā kāhui ā-Iwi
Te Tai
Tokerau – Waihoroi Shortland
Tainui – Pānia
Papa
Mātaatua - Bentham Ohia
Te Arawa – Tākuta
Cathy Dewes
Te Tai Rāwhiti - Jeremy Tātere
MacLeod
Te Tai Hauāuru – Tākuta Ruakere Hond
Te
Waipounamu - Nuki Tākao
Ngā kāhui o Te Reo
Tukutuku
Te Mātauranga – Mereana Selby
Te Pāpāho
– Scotty Morrison
Te Hapori – Dr Hiria Hape
Te
Hunga Noho Tāone – Willie Jackson
"Mā rātou e whakaatu mai te ārahitanga me mātua whai e matomato ai te tipu o te reo. Ko aku tūmanako kia tū a Te Mātāwai hei kaiārahi i ngā kaupapa whakarauora reo kia tokomaha ake ai ngā tāngata e kōrero Māori ana, kia nui ake ai hoki ngā wāhi puta noa i te hapori e kōrero Māori ai rātou."
Ka tū te hui tuatahi a te poari ā te 4 ki te 6 o Whiringa-ā-nuku.
Kua tāpiritia ki tēnei tuhinga
ngā haurongo mō ngā mema o Te Mātāwai.
Ngā Mema o Te Mātāwai
Ngā Kopoutanga a ngā
Kāhui ā-Iwi
Te Tai Tokerau –
Waihoroi Shortland (nō Ngāti Hine me Te
Aupōuri)
He kaituhi, he ringatohu, he kaihautū
hōtaka, he kaiwhakaari hoki a Waihoroi Shortland kua neke
atu i te 30 tau e mahi ana i ngā mahi pāpāho e hāngai
ana ki te reo Māori. I te tīmatanga o tōna ao whai mahi,
he Karaka, he Kaiwhakawhiti Reo ā-Waha hoki ia i Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki Te Tai Tokerau, he Āpiha Māori i te
Hapori hoki ia ki Tāmakimakaurau, ki Pukekohe me Kaitaia.
Mai i reira, ka huri ia ki te mahi hei kaipūrongo matua ki
Te Karere me Mana Māori Media. Ko tētahi o ana tūranga
ā-kiriata ko te kaiwhakaari matua i Te Tangata Whai Rawa o
Weneti nā reira i whakawhiwhia ai ia ki te tohu mō te
Kaiwhakaari Pai Katoa i te Hui Whakawhiwhi Tohu mō ngā
Kiriata ki Aotearoa. Ko ia tētahi o te kāhui whakaari o
te whakamāoritanga o tā Rūrūtao whakaari, o Toroihi
rāua ko Kāhira i tū rā ki Te Whare Tapere o te Ao ki
Rānana. He Kaikōmihana a Waihoroi i Te Taura Whiri i te
Reo Māori, ā, i tēnei wā he mema ia nō te Poari o Te
Ratonga Whakaata Māori.
Tainui - Pānia Papa
(nō Ngāti Korokī-Kahukura, nō Ngāti Mahuta
hoki)
Inā kē te whānui o ngā wheako o Pānia
Papa i roto i te mātauranga me te pāpāho - katoa e aro
nui ana ki te reo Māori me te whanaketanga Māori. He
pūkenga whakaako o mua ia i Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato,
ā, kua noho ia hei kaitohutohu ki ngā pokapū mātauranga
maha. I āna mahi i te ao pāpāho, ka whai wāhi atu te
waihanga me te whakataki hōtaka, te whakawhiti reo ā-tuhi
mā te pouaka whakaata, tae atu ki te whakawhitihanga o
ētahi pakiwaituhi e rongonui ana i te ao, ki te reo Māori.
I te tau 2011, ko ia tētahi o ngā mema o te rōpū
motuhake i arotake rā i te Rautaki Reo Māori a te Karauna,
ā, ko ia tētahi o te Rōpū Whakaū i te Kounga o te Reo
Māori e mātai ana i te whakamāoritanga o Te Ture mō Te
Reo Māori. I tēnei wā, ko Pānia tētahi o ngā mema o
te Rōpū Tohutohu mō te Reo ki Waikato-Tainui e whai nei
ki te whakatinana i te rautaki reo a ngā iwi o
Waikato-Tainui. I te tau 2015, ko ia tētahi mema o te
rōpū tohutohu nāna nei i arotake te rautaki reo a te iwi
o Raukawa, ā, i te tau 2014, ko ia tētahi mema o te rōpū
tohutohu i arotake rā i te rautaki reo a te iwi o Ngāti
Kahungunu. He tumuaki ia nō Takatū Associates Limited e
arotahi ana ki ngā auahatanga o te reo Māori i te ao o te
mātauranga me te pāpāho; ā, he Kaituruki ia i Te
Panekiretanga o te Reo, i tētahi whakahaere i whai wāhi
atu ai ia hei tauira i te rangapū tuatahi, i te tau 2004,
ā, e tū nei hei kaiwhakaako
ināianei.
Mātaatua - Bentham Ōhia (nō
Ngāi Te Rangi, nō Ngāti Pūkenga, nō Ngāti Ranginui,
nō Ngāti Te Roro o Te Rangi, nō Te Ati Awa, nō Ngāti
Rārua me Ngāi Tahu)
E hia nei ngā tau i whai
wāhi atu ai a Bentham Ohia ki a Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
(TWoA), otirā, e whitu ngā tau i noho ai ia hei Pouhere (i
te tau 2006 ki te tau 2013). Nōna i Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
ka whai wāhi atu ia ki te whanaketanga o ngā hōtaka mō
te ahurea, mō te mātauranga, mō te reo me te tuakiri
Māori. Ko Bentham te tumuaki o te whakahaere e pā ana ki
te kaiārahitanga e kīia nei ko te Advancement of Māori
Opportunity, ā, e ārahi tonu ana ia, e tautoko tonu ana ia
i te tokomaha o te hunga kua puta ō rātou ihu i te
hōtaka, e tū nei i ngā tūranga kaiārahi ināianei. Ko
ia hoki te kaihautū tuarua i te Waikato-Tainui College of
Research and Development, ā, he kaitiaki ia i te Tarati o
Ngā Pōtiki i Pāpāmoa, ki Tauranga.
Te
Arawa - Tākuta Cathy Dewes (nō Ngāti Rangitihi, nō Te
Arawa, nō Ngāti Porou hoki)
He tāiki ngāpara
a Tākuta Cathy Dewes ki te tautoko i te reo Māori, ā, kua
neke atu i te 40 tau te roa o te āta kuhu i ngā tini
kaupapa whakarauora i te reo Māori. Ko Cathy te wahine
tuatahi ki te noho i te Rōpū Kaitiaki Māori o Te Arawa,
ā, i whai wāhi atu ia ki te whakatairangatanga kia tika te
whakataunga kokoraho ki a Ngāti Rangitihi i te Whakataunga
Ngātahitanga o te Kokoraho i ngā Ngahere o te Puku o te
Ika a Māui. Kua noho hoki ia hei kaiurungi i Te Ratonga
Whakaata Māori, ā, ko ia te kaihautū o Te Reo Irirangi o
Te Arawa i tēnei wā. Ko Cathy tētahi o te rōpū nāna
nei i tū ai te Rā o te Reo Māori i te tau 1975, i huri
rā hei Wiki mō te Reo Māori. Ko ia tētahi o ngā
tāngata matua i te whakatūnga o ngā kura kaupapa Māori
puta noa i Aotearoa, ā, ko ia te tumuaki o Te Kura Kaupapa
Māori o Ruamata ki Rotorua, o tētahi o ngā kura kaupapa
Māori Aho Matua tuatahi, ka mutu, ko ia hoki te Tumuaki o
Te Rūnanga o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori, o te rangatōpū
ā-motu mō ngā kura kaupapa Māori. Kua whai wāhi atu ia
ki te whakatūnga me te whakaakoranga o ētahi kura
whakangungu i te hunga e takatū ana ki te mahi hei
kaiwhakaako i te Kura Kaupapa Māori.
Te Tai
Rāwhiti - Jeremy Tātere MacLeod (nō Ngāti Kahungunu, nō
Te Arawa, nō Ngāti Raukawa te au ki te Tonga, nō
Rangitāne, nō Ngāti Kuia, nō Ngāi Tahu, nō Te Ati Awa,
nō Waikato, nō Ngāti Maniapoto, nō Taranaki
hoki)
E mōhiotia ana a Jeremy Tātere MacLeod
hei toa matua i te whakarauoratanga o te reo Māori i roto o
Ngāti Kahungunu, ā, e tautokona ana ia e ōna kaumātua i
ngā tūranga maha ōna i waenga i te rohe, ā, i te motu
whānui hoki. He ika a Whiro a Jeremy nō Te Panekiretanga
o Te Reo, ā, kua whakawhiwhia hoki ia ki te Tohu Paerua i
te Mātauranga Aronui (i raro i te kaupapa Māori) ki te
Taumata Hiranga ā-Hōnore, ka mutu, kua whakaurua ia ki te
hōtaka whai i te tohu kairangi. He pia hoki ia nō Te Mata
Punenga, he rōpū whāiti tēnei e whakangungua ana kia tū
hei tohunga karakia kia kumanutia ai ēnei pūkenga i waenga
i te whakatipuranga e whai ake nei. Kei te Kaporeihana o
Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi a Jeremy e mahi ana, ā, ko tāna he
whakatinana i te Rautaki Whakarauora i te Reo Māori o
Ngāti Kahungunu – o Kahungunu, kia eke! Horahia ai hoki
e Jeremy ana whakaaro mō ngā tikanga me ōna tohungatanga
i te reo Māori, inā hoki e ārahi ana ia i tētahi kaupapa
rangahau nui e aro ana ki te tautuhinga me te penapenatanga
o ngā momo mita ā-iwi motuhake. He tohungatanga hoki ōna
e pā ana ki te whakarauora reo me te whakamahere e pā ana
ki te reo, nā runga i ōna anō wheako hei ākonga reo
tuarua, i ōna manako hoki kia matatau ia ki te
reo.
Te Tai Hau-ā-uru – Dr Ruakere Hond
(nō Taranaki, nō Ngāti Ruanui, nō Te Ati Awa, nō Te
Whānau-a-Apanui hoki)
Kua neke atu i te toru
tekau tau a Tākuta Ruakere Hond e tino kaha nei ki te whai
wāhi atu ki te mātauranga mō ngā pakeke i roto i te
hapori, ki ngā kura tuatoru hoki, otirā, ki ngā kaupapa
whakaako i te reo Māori mā te rumaki, ki te whakawhanake
hapori anō hoki. Ko ia te Kaiwhakangungu i te Whakawhanake
Ngaio ki Te Rūnanga o Te Ataarangi, he mea whakawhiwhi ia
ki te takuhe rangahau whakamaumahara ki a Hohua Tutengaehe,
ā, ko ia hoki tētahi kaiwhakahaere hōtaka i ngā Kura
Whakarauora - he kaupapa whakangungu mō te whakamahere i te
reo. Ko ētahi o ōna tūranga o mua he kaiwhakahaere
Kaupapa o te Tarati o Te Reo o Taranaki, he Tumuaki hoki mō
te Tari Māori i Te Whāre Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. I
tēnei wā, ko Ruakere te Kaihautū o Te Rūnanga o Te
Ataarangi, ā, he mema ia i te kaunihera o Te Kura Matatini
o Taranaki, ā, e kaha ana tana whai wāhi atu ki ngā
kaupapa whakawhanake ki Parihaka. He nui tonu ngā tūranga
ā-mana hautū i tūria ai e Ruakere, pēnei i Te Taura
Whiri i te Reo Māori, ā, kua whai wāhi tonu atu ia ki te
maha o ngā kaupapa reo ā-hapori i te rohe, i te motu
whānui hoki.
Te Waipounamu - Nuki Tākao (nō
Te Ati Awa, nō Ngāti Rārua, nō Ngāti Tama, nō Ngāti
Toa Rangatira, nō Ngāti Mutunga, nō Ngāi Tahu, nō Ngāi
Tūhoe hoki)
Ko Nuki Tākao tētahi e ngākaunui
ana ki te whakatinana i te whakarauoratanga o te reo Māori,
ā, nā ōna wheako i te kura kaupapa Māori, i te
whakawhanaketanga o te reo i roto i te whānau, i te hapū,
i te iwi hoki, i te rangahau me te tā tuhinga anō hoki, e
hōhonu nei ōna mōhiotanga ki ngā momo uauatanga ahurei e
pā ana ki te whakarauora i te reo Māori. Ko ia tētahi
Tumuaki o Māreikura Ltd e mahi tahi ana me ngā kura, me
ngā whakahaere tā tuhinga, me ngā whakahaere
ā-kāwanatanga, ā-iwi hoki ki te tuku i te whānuitanga o
ngā ratonga e whai wāhi atu nei te tā tuhinga, te
tohutohu, te tautoko, te kauhau, me te ārahitanga
ā-mātauranga nei. Ka whai wāhi atu ki āna mahi o
nāianei ko te Wānanga Reo, ko te Tā Tuhinga ki te Reo
Māori me Te Aho Tātairangi (He kaupapa whakangungu
tāngata ki te whakaako i ngā Kura Kaupapa
Māori).
Ngā Rōpū e Whai Pānga ana ki te
Reo Māori – Ngā Kopoutanga a ngā Kāhui o Te Reo
Tukutuku
Te Mātauranga – Mereana
Selby (nō Ngāti Raukawa, nō Ngāti Huia, nō Ngāti Porou
hoki)
I ngā tau e 40 kua hipa ake nei, e kaha
ana te whai wāhi atu o Mereana Selby ki te kaupapa o te
whakarauora i te reo Māori, otirā, i waenganui tonu i
tōna ake iwi o Ngāti Raukawa. E tino ngākaunui ana ia ki
te kaupapa o te whakarauora reo me te tukunga o te reo i
waenga i ngā whakatipuranga. I tīmata te huarahi mahi e
takahia nei e Mereana ki te kura tuarua hei kaiwhakaako i te
reo Māori me te Mātauranga Hākinakina. Mai i reira ka
whai tūranga ia i ngā mahi whakangungu kaiwhakaako reorua
ki te Kura o te Mātauranga ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Nō te
paunga o ngā tau e whā i reira ka uru atu ia ki Te
Wānanga o Raukawa hei Kaihautū i te tari o te
Whakaakoranga, te tari māna e hāpai te whakaakoranga o
ngā hōtaka whakangungu kaiwhakaako ki te reo Māori. I
taua wā, ka tutuki hoki i a ia tōna Tohu Paerua i te
Mātauranga Māori. I te tau 2007 ka kopoua a Mereana ki te
tūranga o te Tumuaki ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Ko ia te
wahine tuatahi i kopoua ai hei Tumu Whakarae ki tētahi
wānanga, ā, kua eke ki te tekau tau te roa o tana mahi ki
reira. Ko ia te Kaihautū o Te Tauihu o Ngā Wānanga - te
tōpūtanga o ngā wānanga e toru.
Te
Pāpāho – Scotty Morrison (nō Ngāti
Whakaue)
He kaiwhakataki a Scotty Morrison i
ngā hōtaka e pā ana ki ngā take Māori o te wā, i Te
Karere me Marae. He mea whakawhiwhi ia ki te Pōkairua
Whakaako, ki te Tohu Paetahi i te Mātauranga me te Tohu
Paerua (i te Mātauranga) e Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, ā,
i tū ia hei Ahorangi Āpiti i te Reo me ngā Tikanga Māori
ki Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka ki Tāmakimakaurau. I mahi
hoki ia hei Tumuaki mō te Tari ki te Kura Māori o Te Whare
Wānanga o Wairaka. E whakaoti ana ia i tana Tohu Kairangi
e pā ana ki te Whakarauoratanga o te Reo. Kua tū ia i
ngā tūranga hei kaitohutohu e pā ana ki te reo Māori ki
te maha o ngā whakahaere, ā, nāna i waihanga, nāna hoki
i whakatinana te rautaki whakarauora i te reo o Ngāti
Whakaue. Ko ia te kaituhi o te pukapuka e kīia nei ko 'The
Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Māori', me 'Māori Made Easy –
For everyday learners of the Māori Language' – he
pukapuka e kīnakihia nei ki te kupu me te ataata kei te
paetukutuku o MāoriLanguage.net.
Te hapori
– Tākuta Hiria Hape (nō Tūhoe, nō Te Whakatōhea
hoki)
I tēnei wā, he Pouwhakahaere a Tākuta
Hiria Hape mō ngā Hononga Māori, ā, ko ia tētahi o te
Rōpū Kaiārahi Mātāmua ki Te Puni Kōkiri, i raro i te
maru o te tari o te Minita Whanaketanga Māori. I tōna
tūranga, ka tautoko ia i te Pirīmia me te Kāwana Tianara
i roto i ngā take e pā ana ki ngā tikanga Māori, ā, ka
tautoko hoki ia i te Minita mō ngā Whakataunga Kokoraho
Tiriti, i te Minita Whanaketanga Māori, otirā, i te Minita
mō Whānau Ora. I mua i tana tūranga o nāianei ki Te
Puni Kōkiri, he Kaiwhakahaere Mātāmua a Hiria i te
Wāhanga mō Te Tirohanga ā-Tikanga Māori nei, i raro i te
tari Kāwanatanga. Nō te tau 1999 he kaiwhakahaere
whakarae ia i Te Mana Whakahaere Mātauranga ki Tūhoe, ā,
ko ia hoki te kaitohutohu e pā ana ki ngā tikanga i roto i
a Ngāti Tūmatauenga. Ko ia te Tumuaki o te Tari Māori i
te Kuratini ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara mai i te tau 1991 ki te
tau 1998, ā, he Pūkenga Matua hoki ia. I tutuki i a ia
tōna Tohu Paerua i te Mātauranga i Te Whare Wānanga o
Wikitōria ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara, ka mutu, ko tana tuhinga
roa, e kīia nei ko 'Māori Learning Styles', te tuatahi o
te Tari Mātauranga i tuhia katoatia ai ki te reo Māori. I
tutuki i a ia tāna tuhinga mō te Tohu Kairangi i Te Whare
Wānanga o Awanuiārangi i te tau 2015, ā, koinei hoki tā
Awanuiārangi tuatahi o ngā Tohu Kairangi i tuhia katoatia
ai ki te reo Māori.
Te hunga noho tāone –
Willie Jackson
Ko Willie Jackson te tumu
whakarae o te Manukau Urban Māori Authority, te Kaihautū o
Te Whakaruruhau o ngā Reo Irirangi Māori, ā, ko ia hoki
te kaihautū o te National Urban Māori Authority. Ko ia te
kaiārahi o te Rōpū Tōrangapū mō te Mana Motuhake – o
te rōpū tōrangapū Māori tuatahi i roto i te
Kāwanatanga, ā, ko ia hoki te kaiārahi tuarua o te rōpū
tōrangapū, o Alliance. I mua i te kuhu ki te whare
pāremata, kua roa a Willie e tū ana hei kaimahi i te
uniana, hei kaipāpāho kōrero hākinakina, hei pou
whakarae i ngā mahi waihanga puoro Māori, hei
kaiwhakawhiti kōrero hoki mā te Urban Māori Authority.
Ināianei, he kaipāho ia e whakawhiwhia ana ki ngā momo
tohu whakanui, he kaituku whakaaro mō ngā take
tōrangapū, ā, he kaiwhakataki ia i ngā whakawhitinga
kōrero i te Reo Irirangi o Wātea (i te hōtaka o
Paakiwaha), i Radio Live hoki.
Ngā Kopoutanga a te Minita
Ahorangi Rawinia Higgins (nō
Tūhoe)
Ko Ahorangi Rawinia Higgins te Tumu
Ahurei ki Te Whare Wānanga o Te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui.
Nō mai anō i te tau 2009, e mahi ana ia ki te whare
wānanga, ā, i mua i te kopoutanga ōna hei Tumu Ahurei i
te marama o Pipiri, i te tau 2016, ko ia tonu te Tumuaki o
Te Kawa a Māui me te Iho Rangahau Māori. Ka kīia
whānuitia a Rawinia he mātanga mō te whakarauoratia o te
reo Māori, ka mutu, e hia kē nei ngā tūranga poari, ngā
rōpū tohutohu, ngā rōpū kōkiri kaupapa anō hoki kua
tūria e ia. Nāna i hautū mā Te Minita Whanaketanga
Māori te Rōpū Tohutohu mō te Reo Māori hei whakaawe,
hei auaha hoki i Te Ture mō Te Reo Māori 2016 me te
whakatūnga o Te Mātāwai. He mema ia nō te rōpū
kōkiri i tā Te Kotahitanga o ngā Iwi Rautaki Reo Māori
2014. I tēnei wā, ko ia tētahi o ngā mema o te poari o
Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga me Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te
Tiriti o Waitangi. I mua i te kopoutanga ōna ki a Te
Mātāwai, ko ia tētahi o ngā mema o te poari o Te Māngai
Pāho, he Kaikōmihana hoki ia i Te Taura Whiri i te Reo
Māori.
Robin Hapi
Inā kē te
whānui o ngā wheako ā-mana hautū, ā-mana whakahaere
matua hoki o Robin Hapi i ngā momo whakahaere huhua,
kāwanatanga mai, tūmataiti mai, hapori mai hoki. I tū ia
hei Tumu Whakarae i Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd mō ngā tau e
toru, ā, ko ia hoki te Tumu Whakarae i Te Ohu Kaimoana mō
ngā tau 13. I tēnei wā, ko ia Te Amokapua o Te Mana
Whakahaere o Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa, he mema hoki nō te
Poari o Callaghan Innovation, o Te Pou Matakana, o te
Pokapū Kōmihana mō Whānau Ora ki Te Ika a Māui, o Te
Mata o Aotearoa hoki. I te tau 2016 i whakawhiwhia ia ki Te
Tohu Tāpui mō ana mahi mō te iwi Māori, mō te hapori me
te mana hautūtanga. He Tautōhito ia i Te Rōpū Tumuaki,
he Mema hoki nō Te Rōpū Kaiwhakahaere o
Aotearoa.