October 04, 2013
Kahungunu boosts reo capacity
A group of aspiring speakers of te reo from Ngati Kahungunu are about to face their toughest test as they undertake the first Ngati Kahungunu Kura Reo.
The week long full immersion school starting on Sunday at the EIT Hawkes Bay faculty of Maori studies in Taradale will be taught by eight of New Zealand’s top Maori language exponents.
They include former Maori language commissioner Timoti Karetu, Joe Te Rito, Materoa Haenga, Lee Smith, Pania Papa, Ruakere Hond, Kingi Kiriona and Jeremy Tatere McLeod, Ngati Kahungunu’s director of te reo, tikanga and matauranga.
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