He mea māori noa iho (ehara i te mea Māori anake!)
I tēnei pohi, he kiriata whakangahau mō te kīanga ‘Tau kē!’me ētahi whakaaro mō te wiki o te reo Māori.
Mena he kōrero Māori koe / kōrua/ koutou, kua hōhā i te wiki nei, me ngā kupu akiaki ki te ‘Korero Māori!!!!’ Ia rā, ia rā, ka whakarongo au ki te reo, ka kōrero au i te reo, ka ako mea hou i te reo… he mea māori noa iho, i kōrerotia e ētahi hoa Māori, hoa Pākehā, hoa Wīwī (me te whakaahua ki runga). Āe, ka auē hoki ahau ina ka rongo e toru orau o te motu nei he kōrero Māori. Āe mārika, me akiaki te nuinga kia ako ai, kia kōrero ai i te reo, otirā – ko te mea nui ki ahau, me tuku rauemi pai ki ngā mea e ako ana, kia pai ai ō rātou haerenga reo Māori.
Anei te kiriata whakangahau, nā Rā Pomare; ko te whakaaro, e ai ki a ‘Spinoff’, ka puta mai he mea hou ia rā, ia rā o te wiki nei. Kia pai te wiki nei, me te ako tonu i tēnei reo rangatira.
I'm Pākehā, but have a reasonably good working knowledge of te reo Māori ('āhua mōhio' means 'reasonably knowledgeable'), and I'm keen to share it with others. I graduated with a PhD in Māori Studies from Otago University in 2018, taught at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa for 18 months in Dunedin from 2019 to mid-2020, and have been teaching privately since.
I'm also interested in education generally, and have been heavily influenced by the researchED movement, and figures such as Daisy Christodoulou, Tom Bennett, Adam Boxer, Tom Sherrington, Oliver Caviglioli, Barry Smith and Doug Lemov.
I teach te reo Māori to adult learners (groups or individuals, mostly via Zoom). I teach beginners and intermediate learners. Modest fees, in keeping with my modest reo Māori expertise.
Contact me at johnbirnie@hotmail.com if you're interested.
Mauriora tātou!
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