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Final Manu Ao Seminar for 2009
from Alaska Native Knowledge Network - Monday, 30 November 2009, 12:34 pm
 
For the flyer, please go to:
http://ankn.uaf.edu/Announcement/Manu09.pdf

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Dame Dr Iritana Tawhiwhirangi
Seminar topic: Education in a Māori Context
12.30-1.30pm Wednesday 2 December 2009 at all University BRCSS sites
[For those on Alaska time, the presentation will be at 2:30 pm on Tuesday, Dec. 1st.]


Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi was one of the cornerstones of the Kāhanga Reo movement as a means to revitalize the Māori language. Picking up on the playcentre philosophy of community ownership and management, Dame Tawhiwhirangi helped create a whānau development model that is not only underpinned by cultural and administrative sovereignty, but has also created new opportunities in education and employment for Māori women, and whānau involvement. Internationally, the Kāhanga Reo model is now the established benchmark for the regeneration of indigenous languages. The topic of her seminar is about Education in a Māori context.

Currently a member of Te Kāhanga Reo National Trust [Trustee], Māori Education Trust [Deputy Chair], Te Taura Whiri [Commissioner], Te Pataka Ohanga Company [Chairperson], Te Whare Tapere Performing Arts Board, Māori TV Electoral College, Māori Spectrum Trust Electoral College, NZCER Electoral College, Life member of Māori Women's Welfare League, and Lady President of NZ Māori Golf Association. Honours include 1990 Commemoration Medal, 1992 Member British Empire [M.B.E.], 1993 - Women's Suffrage Medal, 2001 - Companion of New Zealand Order of Merit, 2003 Adjunct Professor, Aotearoa Wananga, 2006 - Hon. Doctorate of Literature [Victoria University] 2007 and was made a Dame in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours for services to Māori education.

It can also be viewed afterward at the MANU AO website: http://www.manu-ao.ac.nz under the seminars section.

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