Kokiri 20 - Te Puni Kokiri

KAUPAPA MÄTUAarts. She has taught at the University ofWaikato, as well as being involved in Mäorilanguage and marae based programmesthrough Te Wänanga o Aotearoa and TeWänanga o Raukawa. For years Pänia hasbeen the producer for Cinco Cine FilmProductions responsible for the Mäorimedium television programme Pükanaand the co-director of her consultancyTakatü Ltd.EMERITUS PROFESSOR TAMATI REEDY(NGÄTI POROU)Professor Tamati Reedy has an extensivebackground in education and the publicsector. He was the Chief Executive andSecretary of the Department of Mäori Affairsfrom 1983 to 1989, and also worked at theDepartment of Education. As the FoundationDean and Professor at University Waikato,Professor Reedy established the new schoolof Mäori and Pacific Development.HANA O’REGAN (KAI TAHU)Hana has a Mäori language revitalisationand Mäori language education background.Hana taught at the University of Otagoas well as the Christchurch PolytechnicInstitute of Technology. Hana co-managedthe Mäori language unit for Te Rünangao Ngäi Tahu where she helped developand implement the Ngäi Tahu iwi Mäorilanguage strategy.CATHY DEWES (TE ARAWA, NGÄTIPOROU)Cathy is a long-time advocate of the Mäorilanguage and has been actively involvedin various Mäori language revitalisationinitiatives for more than three decades.Cathy was part of the Te Reo Mäori Society,and a founding member of the Kura KaupapaMäori movement.PEMBROKE (PEM) BIRD (NGÄTI MANAWA,NGÄTI TAHU)Pem has an extensive Mäori language andmainstream education background. Hisroles within the education sector rangefrom being a teacher, principal, as well asa Dean of Te Puna Wänanga at the formerAuckland College of Education. In 1986, hebecame the principal of Rakaumanga Schoolin Huntly – one of the first total immersionschools in New Zealand. He was also afounder of the Te Akatea National MäoriPrincipals Association. Pem has public sectorexperience having worked for both theMinistry of Education and the New ZealandQualifications Authority.“A revised Mäori LanguageStrategy will bring togetherall our efforts to promote andrevitalise our language…"