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I whanau mai a Timoti Sam Karetu i te tau 1937. He mea whangai ia e Mauwhare raua ko Tame hei tamaiti ma raua. Ko Waikaremoana te kainga i tipu ake ai a Timoti, a taitama rawa ake, katahi ia ka kuraina ki te Kareti o Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara i te tau 1952 ki te tau 1956. No konei, ka rongo ia i tona ngakaunui ki te ako i te reo Pakeha, tae atu ano hoki ki te reo Wiwi me te reo Tiamana. I te tau 1959, ka whakawhiwhia ki a Timoti te Tohu Paetahi e Te Whare Wananga o Wikitoria, a, ka pau te rua tau ona e whakaako ana ki Te Kura Tuarua o Taumarunui, ka whakawhiti a Timoti ki Ingarangi, ki te Komihana Teitei o Aotearoa. Nona i reira, ka whakaturia te kapa haka o Ngati Ranana kua eke tonu nei ki tona 60 tau. 1972 te tau ka tu ia hei Ahorangi tuatahi mo te Tari Maori o Te WhareWananga o Waikato. I taua wa, ka eke tana kapa haka, a Te Whare Wananga o Waikato, ki nga taumata toa i nga whakataetae a-rohe, a-motu ano hoki. I whakaputaina hoki tana pukapuka, a Te Reo Rangatira, e whakamahia tonutia ana e nga kaiako huri i te motu. Nawai, ka karangatia ia hei Toihau, hei Tiamana tuatahi mo Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori. Ko etahi o a ratou mahi, ko te whakatu i nga Kura Reo, ko te waihanga kupu hou, ko te tapa ingoa Maori mo nga tari kawanatanga, ko te whakaputa i ta ratou nupepa, i a He Muka, ko te kokiri hoki kia tu Te Tau o Te Reo Maori i te tau 1995. I taua wa ano, ka noho a Timoti hei Tiamana mo nga whakataetae kapa haka a-motu e kiia nei inaianei, ko Te Matatini, a, ka puta tana pukapuka, a Haka - he tohu whenua rangatira e whakaahua ana i nga momo haka a te Maori. Mai i te tau 1999 ki te tau 2019, ka noho a Timoti hei mema, hei Tiamana hoki mo te poari o Te Kohanga Reo. I te tau 2003, i raro i te maru o Te Wananga o Aotearoa, ko Timoti te kaitarai i te waka o Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo, ko ona hoa hautu ko Takuta Wharehuia Milroy raua ko Ahorangi Pou Temara. E rua ona tohu kairangi honore na Te Whare Wananga o Wikitoria me Te Whare Wananga o Waikato i tuku. E hia ke nei nga pukapuka i whai wahi atu ai ia hei kaituhi ranei, hei kanohi homiromiro ranei, hei kaupapa tonu ranei. Kua roa ia e tonoa ana e nga iwi o Aotearoa, o te ao whanui hoki ki te kauhau i ona tohungatanga i te reo. He maha nga waiata me nga haka kua titoa e ia ma nga kapa toa o Te Matatini, ka mutu, no te tau 2019, ka riro nana i whakamaori nga waiata rongonui o Aotearoa i enei wa. He mea whakawhiwhi a Timoti ki nga tohu huhua mo ana mahi whakarewa i te kairangi o te reo, tae atu ki te tohua ona hei Ta i te tau 2017. Ko tetahi o ona tino mangari ko tana noho i te taha o nga kaumatua tino matau ki te reo me nga tikanga Maori, tae atu ki te haka, penei i a Te Rangihau, i a Ngoingoi Pewhairangi, i a Hamuera Mitchell, i a Miria Simpson, i a Matutaera Ihaka, i a Mate Kaiwai, me te momo i a ratou. Dr Sir Timoti Karetu QSO, KNZM (Ngai Tuhoe, Ngati Kahungunu) has been a key driving force for literature in te reo Maori as well as Maori language education for more than 60 years. He founded the Department of Maori Studies at the University of Waikato and served as the Chair and Professor until 1992. He was appointed the first commissioner of the Maori Language Commission in 1987 and served in that role until 1999. He has been the Chairman of the Performing Arts Festival (now known as Te Matatini), Te Mangai Paho and Te Kohanga Reo National Trust. The University of Victoria awarded him an honorary degree in 2003 and the University of Waikato in 2008. His writing and teaching have driven the renaissance of the written and oral language, with his work leading Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo (The Institute of Excellence in the Maori Language) enabling the development of a new cohort of te reo Maori writers and translators who are now producing books in te reo Maori for children and adults. Sir Timoti's own books are classics in the field. They include Te Reo Rangatira: A Course in Maori for sixth and seventh forms, first published in 1974 and still in print; Haka: Te Tohu o te Whenua Rangatira (Reed, 1993), and the collaboration in te reo Maori with Wharehuia Milroy, He Kupu Tuku Iho: Ko te Reo Maori te Tatau ki te Ao (AUP, 2018), winner of the 2019 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, Te Murau o te Tuhi - the Maori Language Award. He is also the translator of Witi Ihimaera's Whale Rider/Te Kaieke Tohora as well as many other works and editor of the Reed Concise Maori Dictionary, the Reed Book of Maori Proverbs and other titles. Aside from his literary works, Sir Timoti is a prolific composer of Maori waiata and haka, having spent more than 60 years involved in all aspects of Maori dance arts, as a tutor, leader, performer, composer, judge, advisor and lifetime member of Te Matatini, the pinnacle of national kapa haka competition.

Angelique Kasmara has a Master of Creative Writing from the University of Auckland. She was a finalist for the Michael Gifkins Prize and won the Sir James Wallace Prize in 2016. Some of her fiction appears in Newsroom, Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand and A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices. Angelique lives in Tāmaki Makaurau where she works as a communications manager, writer, translator and reviewer.

Julia Kasper is Lead Curator Invertebrates at Te Papa and an entomologist specialised in flies. She studies the taxonomy and distribution of lower Diptera in New Zealand with a strong focus on biosecurity. Phil Sirvid is Curator in the Natural History Team at Te Papa. Phil has a broad general knowledge of New Zealand entomology but specialises in arachnids, particularly spiders and harvestmen.

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Writer Kate Coughlan is one of New Zealand's respected magazine editors, bringing a wealth of experience and passion for storytelling to every page. She has helmed some of the country's leading publications, earning numerous awards for editorial excellence, innovation and leadership. Her work has been celebrated for its sharp insight, compelling narratives and dedication to celebrating the best of New Zealand life and culture. After decades of editing beloved titles such as

Dr Selwyn Katene (Ngāti Toa, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Tama) a fifth-generation Mormon, is an adjunct professor at Victoria University of Wellington and a former Massey University Assistant Vice-Chancellor. His publications include three books about Mormon leaders in New Zealand – Let Their Light So Shine (2021), By Their Fruits You Will Know Them (2017) and Turning the Hearts of the Children (2014) – and books on Māori leadership and scholarship, including Conversations about Indigenous Rights (2018), Point of Order, Mr Speaker? (2017), Fire That Kindles Hearts (2015), The Spirit of Māori Leadership (2013) and Future Challenges for Māori (2013).A. Keith Thompson completed his first law degree at Auckland University and was a solicitor and partner in a commercial law firm before moving to Sydney to work as International Legal Counsel for the Church in the Pacific and then Africa. He currently teaches law at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Sydney School of Law and Business, most recently as Professor and Associate Dean. He has served in the Church as a Bishop in Sydney, President of the Auckland New Zealand Harbour Stake and President of the New Zealand Wellington Mission. He currently serves as a gospel doctrine teacher and National Communications Director for the Church in Australia.

Dr Selwyn Katene (Ngāti Toa, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Tama) a fifth-generation Mormon, is an adjunct professor at Victoria University of Wellington and a former Massey University Assistant Vice-Chancellor. His publications include three books about Mormon leaders in New Zealand - Let Their Light So Shine (2021), By Their Fruits You Will Know Them (2017) and Turning the Hearts of the Children (2014) - and books on Māori leadership and scholarship, including Conversations about Indigenous Rights (2018), Point of Order, Mr Speaker? (2017), Fire That Kindles Hearts (2015), The Spirit of Māori Leadership (2013) and Future Challenges for Māori (2013).

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Kathryn Burnett is a screenwriter, playwright and writing tutor. Her writing credits include episodes of Under the Vines, My Life is Murder, and Fresh Eggs, plus award-winners The Tender Trap, The Cul de Sac and The Amazing Extraordinary Friends. Burnett also co-created 2009 drama series The Cult. Nick Ward is a successful screenwriter and producer with more than 20 years of experience in the New Zealand Film and Television Industry. Throughout his career, he has worked on various TV shows, including "Outrageous Fortune", "Fresh Eggs", "Under the Vines", and "Wellington Paranormal

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ANNWYN, privileged to observe and learn from her teen

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