He pepeha
I te timatanga te Kupu, i te Atua te Kupu, ko te Atua anö te Kupu.
Näna ngä mea katoa i hanga.
I tukuna mai e ia täna tama kotahi, ko Ihu Karaiti, hei kaiwhakaora mö te ao,
Ä, ka whai kororia ki töna ingoa tapu mö ake tonu atu !
E ngä mana, e ngä reo, tënä koutou, tënä koutou, tënä tätou katoa.
Ngä mihi whänui tënei ki a koutou katoa i roto i ngä ähuatanga o te wä.
Ko Tauwehe ahau, nö Ngäti Maniapoto, Waikato, Ngäi Tühoe, Tüwharetoa.
Qualifications
- MEd (2nd Class Hons 1st Division) University of Auckland (2006).
- Postgraduate Diploma in Interpreting and Translating Māori, University of Waikato (2003).
- BEd (Teaching) Auckland College of Education (1999).
- Trained Teachers Certificate, Hamilton Teachers College (1979).
Research and teaching specialisms
- Applied Linguistics in Māori-medium Education.
- Bilingual education - Second Language Acquisition, Translanguaging.
- Biliteracy - (Transacquisition), Simultaneous Transliteracy.
- Māori-medium pre-service education.
- Māori-medium in-service professional development for te reo Māori.
Personal Professional Development
- PhD student at The University of Auckland.
Research Interests
- Applied Linguistics: Second Language Acqusition.
- Māori-medium education: Reorua, Rūmaki, Kura Kaupapa Māori, Wharekura, Wānanga.
- Kaupapa Māori Theory.
- Māori education.
Research Presentations
- 2008 University of Auckland-Faculty of Education, School of Te Puna Wānanga.
- 2008 University of Auckland-Faculty of Education Doctoral Symposium.
- 2008 Te Hau Takitini Hui-ā-tau.
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