The te reo Maori translation of the international bestseller The Whale Rider.
Sir Timoti Karetu, of Ngai Tuhoe and Ngati Kahungunu, has taught
students at both secondary and tertiary level, was professor of
Maori at Waikato University, started the intensive language school
Te Kura Reo o Waimarama in 1989 and was a key instigator in the
formation of Te Panekiretanga o te Reo, the Institute of Excellence
in Maori established in 2003. For many years, he was the Maori
Language Commissioner and Executive Director of Te Kohanga Reo
National Trust, and has served on the Boards of Te Waka Toi, Toi
Maori and the National Library as well as acting as Chairperson of
Aotearoa Traditional Maori Performing Arts Festival Committee and
Te Mangai Paho. He has translated numerous books into te reo Maori.
He received a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public
services in 1993 and a knighthood of the NZ Order of Merit for
services to the Maori language in 2017.
Witi Ihimaera is of Te Whanau a Kai, Te Aitanga a Mahaki,
Rongowhakaata, Tuhoe, Te Whanau a Apanui and Ngati Porou descent.
He was the first Maori to publish a novel, Tangi, in 1973. He has
subsequently gone on to become one of New Zealand's leading
writers. He is passionate about writing Maori stories and creating
opportunities for them to be shown not only in print but also in
theatre and on film. His memoir, Maori Boy, won the Ockham Award
for the best non-fiction work, 2016. His play, All Our Sons, won
six Wellington theatre awards and was produced by the Auckland
Theatre Company in 2018. He has since published the second volume
of his memoir and written an opera, Flowing Water, which is set in
the Waikato during the New Zealand Wars.
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