G, Kingi Rakete-Tane is a reo teacher with a fresh approach that is inspiring rangatahi to pursue it further. His passion for the language began during a dark time in his own youth, having chosen to abandon a budding NRL career to share his native Taitokerau dialect with Sydney’s kōhanga reo.
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G, Kawiti Waetford went to London to start a career in opera, but while there learning about the forms of language and the vocal dynamics of opera he began to feel the pull to come home and start his own family. But while he’s happy these days to live off the land and give his time to youth projects he still finds time to jet off overseas for a quick gig.
G, Isaiah Apiata is keeping the tradition of inter-cultural discourse and international brotherhood alive on Te Tī ki Waitangi Marae, a role he has prepared for since elders chose him to receive the history of one of our most significant marae.
G, Alana Thomas has found her vocation in representing iwi, hapū and whanau claimants in Waitangi Tribunal inquiries. However this descendant of Ngāti Rehia, Ngāti Kuri began her path into the law after her own close brush with the judicial system.