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Neke atu i te 25 tau kua whakaako a Te Mihinga i te reo Māori me ngōna tikanga, kōhungahunga mai, pakeke mai, puta i ngā tūmomo akomanga katoa. Hei tāna, “Ko tōku reo tōku oranga.” Kātahi anō ia ka wehe i tōna tūranga hei Pou Ārahi i academyEX ki te whai i tana tohu kairangi. I reira, i whakangungua e ia ngōna hoamahi me ngāna ākonga ki ngā tini āhuatanga o tōna ao Māori, arā, ko te reo Māori, tikanga, karakia, waiata, ngā āhuatanga o te Kaupapa Māori, hautūtanga Māori, mātauranga Māori me te whakaako i te tauira Māori i te kura. Nāna hoki i kōkiri Te Ara Kōtihi, te rautaki ako o te kamupene whānui. He kaiārahi hoki ia mō ngā ākonga tohu paerua Māori. Nō mua mai, he kaihuawaere a Te Mihinga i Tātai Aho Rau, CORE Education. Nō konā, i huakina ai te tatau ki ngā rawenga o te hangarau matihiko. He whakangungu kaiako kura Māori te mahi kia taea e rātou te whakaako mā ngā pūrere matihiko hou. I tīmata hoki a Te Mihinga ki te whakamāori i ngā kupu hangarau matihiko hou kia toitū tonu te reo i ngā kura. Ko te tārai rauemi ako mō ngā kura Māori hoki tana mahi i reira. I ākona e ia ngā pūkenga whakaputa rauemi nōna i Huia Publishers hei ringa tārai rauemi. Hāunga atu, ko ngāna mahi ngaio i roto i ngā tau, he kaiwhakaari, he kaipapāho, he kaiwhakamāori, he kaituhi, he kaiarotake hōtaka, he kaiwhakamahere rautaki reo mō Kotahi Mano Kāika anō hoki.
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Organizational Affiliations
Education
Māori Studies
1998, Bachelor of Arts Degree, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand, Wellington)
Teaching and Learning (Secondary)
2000, Graduate Diploma
Christchurch College of Education
Māori
2000, Bachelor of Arts with Honors, University of Canterbury (New Zealand, Christchurch)
Māori & Indigenous Studies
2023, Master of Arts, University of Waikato (New Zealand, Hamilton)