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Te Pae Rautaki | Kaiako Advisory Group

Tihirangi Brightwell
Taranaki, Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi, Muaūpoko, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa
Kura/School: Lincoln HIgh School
I have been an educator for over 12yrs teaching te reo Māori at the secondary level in kura auraki, and I have experience in curriculum development for the MOE, years of involvement in tikanga Māori, a passion for Kī-o-Rahi and its people, and I am now a Masters student of the Hōaka Pounamu program at the University of Canterbury.

Keriata Kuiti
Ngāti Raukawa te au o te Tonga, Ngāti Tamatera
Kura/School: Tai Wānanga
As a Waikato-based māmā of four, I bring 20 years of teaching experience across both primary and secondary Māori-medium sectors. My career is driven by a deep passion for advancing Māori achievement with a focus on strengthening numeracy outcomes at all levels. I am committed to creating culturally responsive learning environments where identity and academic success empower our rangatahi with the pūkenga and tikanga Māori they need to realise their full potential.

Piripi Cotter
Ngāti Raukawa Te Au ki te Tonga
Kura/School: Te Kura Takawaenga o te Waitītiko
Based in Auckland, I am in my third year of teaching in Rumaki with Year 7 and 8 students. I believe that connection and relationships are the foundation of effective teaching practice. Students’ are at the centre and we need to be looking for new and initiative ways to engage them in this day and age. Te reo Māori is also a major passion of mine, and I love sharing that with my students.

Vicki Bingham
Te Ātiawa o te Waka-a-Māui
Kura/School: Knighton Normal School
My career in education started as a kaiāwhina in kura reo rua. I did my teaching degree at Waikato University and taught in kura auraki for 8 years. For the past 4 years I have taught years 0,1,2 in Te Hihiri at Knighton Normal School. I enjoy teaching in the younger years and encouraging a love of learning.in our tamariki.

Erina Henare-Aperahama
Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri, Ngāti Kurī
Kura/School: Te Uru Karaka Newton Central School
With over 30 years as a kaiako in Wellington and Auckland, I have dedicated my career to reo rua and rūmaki reo education. Currently, I serve as Tumuaki Taunaki (DP) at a small, committed, Tiriti-centric kura in Tāmaki Makaurau. I am deeply passionate about empowering whānau and tamariki to realise their full potential. My vision is to foster a future Aotearoa rooted in te reo, tikanga Māori, manaakitanga, kaitiakitanga, whanaungatanga and rangatiratanga.

Hinetai Kereopa
Tuuhoe, Te Arawa
Kura/School: Ngāti Haua School
Kua neke atu i te 30 tau au e whakaako ana i ngaa kura Maaori o roto i a Waikato. E 8 tau hai Tumuaki o Te Kura o Ngaati Hauaa. He ngarengare moo te kaupapa 'He Ipu Koorero', he kaihaapai i eetahi o ngaa kaupapa whakarauora reo. He kaihaapai hoki i ngaa ohu Tiirewa Ako, Tiirewa Maatai, me te Tiirewa Marautanga.

Tiipene Philip
Ngāti Pāhauwera
Kura/School: Ashburton College
Tēnā rā koutou. He kaiako reo Māori ahau i taku kura mō ngā tau tekau mā ono. He pai ki ahau te mahi i ngā mahi a ō tātou tīpuna, ngā taonga i tukua iho mai. He mahi hirahira te whakaako i ā tātou tamariki mokopuna i roto i te āhua o tēnei ao hurihuri. He mea pai hoki ki ahau te hoki ki te okioki. I tōku wā wātea, he pai hoki ki a au te mahi hōiho, ā, ko te mahi hū hōiho tētahi mahi pai.

Manu Paringatai
Ngāti Porou
Kura/School: Te Aratai College
I have been teaching for over 20 years in a variety of kura. I am primary trained and have taught mainly Year 7 to Year 13. At Te Aratai College I am the kaiako reo māori, kaiako te ao haka, HoD Māori, HoLA Languages and support our kaiako with their learning and understanding of Matauranga Māori within our kura. I am also part of our Kāhui Kaiako Māori ki Waitaha and help orgnaise our regional Manu Kōrero and Kapa Haka competitions.

Jacki Paea
Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngā Puhi
Kura/School: Knighton Normal School
Raised in Canterbury’s beautiful outdoors, my upbringing was a natural “forest school.” My experiences as a Māori/Pasifika learner inspired me to earn a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching from the University of Waikato sixteen years ago. Over the last decade, I have been on my own reclamation journey in te ao Māori. Today, I bring this unique perspective to my teaching, empowering Māori and Pasifika learners to stand strong in their educational sovereignty.

Ngahuia Kawau
Ngā Wairiki, Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Tūwheratoa, Te Atihaunui-a Paparangi, Ngāti Whakaaue, Te Whakatōhea
Kura/School: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tūpoho
Kua 17 tau au e whakaako ana ki roto i ngā kura kaupapa, kura ā-iwi o te rohe, ā, kua waimarie katoa ināianei ki te noho hei tumu, hei kaiarataki i roto i te kura nāna au i poipoi, nāna au i whakatipu. Ko te whakahoki i te puna mātauranga, i ngā kōrero tuku iho ki ngā whakareanga ō naianei, koia taku whāinga.

Aneka Brown
Ngā Paerangi, Te Ātihaunui-ā-Pāpārangi, Whanganui
Kura/School: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi
"Whakamanahia ā tātou tamariki, mokopuna, kia mōhio, kia tū kaha, kia noho ngāwari atu." He raukura nō Te Aho Matua, ā, kua hoki atu ki taku kura hei kaiwhakaako ki Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Ātihaunui-ā-Pāpārangi. Neke atu i te 20 tau kua noho ahau hei kaiako ki te rohe o Manawatu, o Whanganui i waenga i ngā kura auraki, akomanga reo rua, me ngā kura kaupapa Māori. He Pou Ārahi, he kaiwhakariterite, he kaiwhakahaere tīma hākinakina, ā, he kaiako Tau 0-8. He māmā ki āku tamariki tokorima, koirā taku tino hua ki te ao.

Whai Pooti Matenga
Ngāti Tahu, Ngāti Whaoa, Tūwharetoa, Raukawa
Kura/School: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi
I te tau 2015 i puta taku ihu i te Whare Wānanga ō Waikato, hei kaiako. Neke atu i te 10 tau au e whakaako ana i Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Atihaunui-ā-Pāpārangi. E 4 ngā tau hei pou arahi. He kaiako ki ngā tau 2 o te kura, otirā, kua whai wheako ki ngā tau katoa i te kura tuatahi. Ko te tuakiri o te tamaiti te pito mata o te whakaaro. Tokotoru aku tamariki, kāore he ao tū atu i te ao o te māmā.
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