Rukuwai Tipene-Allen
Rukuwai is a Multimedia Journalist and Online Media Monitor for Te Ao Māori News. She has also worked on Te Kaea, Kawekōrero and Rereātea.
Rukuwai is a Multimedia Journalist and Online Media Monitor for Te Ao Māori News. She has also worked on Te Kaea, Kawekōrero and Rereātea.
‘Kōrero Māori i ngā wā katoa, i ngā wāhi katoa’ koinei tētehi o ngā tino kōrero i a au i te kura takawaenga, i ngā tau rua tekau kō atu (auē kua kaumātua haere!)
Erica has a passion for our Maori culture and tangata Maori. She loves to see our culture thriving and really value being able to capture our people, events and surroundings.
I’m in that in-between generation – two generations removed from first-language speakers, with vague memories of my grandmother speaking the reo to her relations when we ventured north for school holidays.
This September, the Recruitment and Talent team at Auckland Council are signing up to complete the ‘Mahuru Maori’ Challenge.
From the 10th to the 16th of Mahuru 2018, Riccarton High School will be celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and support the Mahuru Māori challenge.
For the first time staff at Waikato Regional Council have taken up the Mahuru Māori challenge to speak Māori during the whole month of September.