On Waitangi Day from 8am to midday, Kim Hill and Paul
Diamond (Curator, Maori, at the Turnbull Library) will host local guests at
Puke Ariki in New Plymouth.
Members of the Taranaki public are invited to be part of
the audience for the live broadcast, and for the recording of the Korerorero on
Sunday at Puke Ariki (see below).
Entry is free, but seating is limited.
Waitangi Day morning
8:10-9:00: Panel discussion with Keri Opai, Kura Denness,
and Margaret Smith (This will be recorded on Sunday 5 February at Puke Ariki,
between 1.30pm and 2.30pm)
9:05-10:00 Guests will include Tokatumoana Kevin Walden,
Derina Turner, and Rachel Stewart
10:05-11:00 Guests will include Glen Bennett and Wayne
'Arch' Arthur
11:05-12:00 Guests will include Colleen Tuuta, June
Moseley, and Michael Lawley
Producer: Sean McKenna
Producer: Mark Cubey
New Plymouth engineers: Kevin Golding, Steve Burridge
Wellington engineer: Tony Schwartz Waitangi engineer: Darryl Stack
Guest information and links:
Keri Opai is a kaiako and has taught te reo Maori for
almost 30 years. He has been a lecturer, grammarian, interpreter, academic and
local iwi radio presenter.
Kura Denness is a director of Te Atiawa Holdings, Te
Atiawa Settlements Trust and PHARMAC and is on the Council of Massey
University. She serves on the board of Taranaki District Health Board and Tui
Ora Ltd, is a trustee with the Midlands Regional Health Network Trust and is on
the committee of the local Institute of Directors in Taranaki.
Margaret Smith is a Treaty educator who has been running
workshops for 17 years relating to the Treaty of Waitangi and cultural issues
surrounding this. She also works as a counsellor at the Western Institute of
Technology at Taranaki.
Tokatumoana Kevin Walden is chairperson of Taranaki iwi,
director of Parininihi ki Waitotara Incorporation (PKW) and a local rugby
coach. He was formerly regional director with Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori
Development), a team leader with Child, Youth and Family and a strategic
planner and advisor with the Department of Conservation relating to Treaty
settlements.
Dee Turner of Korito Education teaches organic
horticulture classes and runs workshops on her property situated at the base of
Mount Taranaki. She is also the Organic Farm NZ Taranaki Certification Manager.
She will be building a solar oven during the programme.
Rachel Stewart is a columnist for the Taranaki Daily News
and the Waikato Daily Times, an avid falconer and former
farmer-turned-environmentalist, plus she was the first female train driver in
New Zealand.
Glen Bennett is a New Plymouth community worker who
provides a home for troubled teenage boys. Glen is also involved with running
youth and cultural events, has his own mobile coffee business and is a
musician.
Wayne 'Arch' Arthur is one of New Plymouth’s original
surfers who has been involved with surfing for 50 years. He’s also a surf shop
owner and local surf radio show host.
Colleen Tuuta is a self-employed businesswoman and local
community leader, with tribal affiliations to Taranaki, Ngati Mutunga, Te
Atiawa, Ngati Maniapoto and Ngati Mahuta iwi.
June Moseley is a former teacher at Spotswood College,
who runs the local Taranaki Welsh group.
Michael Lawley is a mechanical engineer and director of
EcoInnovation, a local Taranaki business specialising in renewable energy
solutions.
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