Te Tohu Oranga Angitu

He kaiwhakaako, he kaitātaki, he tohunga reo anō hoki a Rāhera rāua Te Waihoroi Shortland, ko ngā toa whakaihuwaka ngātahi rāua o Te Tohu Oranga Angitu.

Kua roa a Rāhera Shortland, nō Ngāpuhi, e whakaako ana i te reo Māori ki te taumata kura tuarua. Nāna tonu te wae rūmaki tuatahi i whakatū ki te kura tuarua o Auckland Girls Grammar. Ko ia te Heamana o Te Ātaarangi.

He whakamihi hoki tēnei ki a Te Waihoroi Shortland, he uri nō ngā kāwai rangatira o Ngāti Hine, i tana kaha taunaki, kaha kōrero hoki i te reo Māori, hei kaipāho, hei kaiwhakaari, hei heamana tuatahi o te hinonga whakarauora reo Māori Te Mātāwai.

“E haruru ai ngā mahi whakarauora reo Māori a Rāhera rāua ko Waihoroi Shortland i ngā whakatipuranga o Ngāi Aotearoa ā haere ake nei, haere ake nei. Kua mahi rāua i ngā mahi mā te iwi i ngā akomanga, i ngā taiwhanga poari, mai i pikitia tae atu ki te papa whakatū waewae o te kapa haka: ko te mahi hāpai i te iwi, ko te mana, koia ēnei ngā taonga ka whakarērea iho e rāua,” te kōrero a te Ahorangi Higgins.


He mea tautoko nā Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori