Hinetara Pōtaka

Te Kōhanga Reo

I whānau mai a Hinetara Pōtaka i Te Puke, ka kura tuarua ia i te Kāreti o Wikitōria i Tāmaki Makaurau. Ka nui ngā hua o ana weraweratanga i roto i te Rōpū Wahine Māori Toko i te Ora (nāna te peka o Maketū i whakatū), Te Kōhanga Reo me ngā akoranga mātauranga Māori.

Whakarongo mai ki a Hine e kōrero ana mō Te Kōhanga Reo. He reo rua ana kōrero, rāua ko tētehi wahine, ko Josephine te ingoa. Mēnā e mōhio ana koe i te Josephine nei, whakapā mai koa, kia kuhu ana kōrero ki ā mātou kōrero tautoko.

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Te tau 1993
Ngā hōnore Kaipatapatai: Tawini Rangihau

Tāna Mahi Mātauranga

I ngā tau 1978-1988 e mahi ana a Hinetara Pōtaka hei āpiha kōhungahunga i te Rōpū Mātauranga Māori. Ka rangahau ia i te kaupapa kōhanga reo i tana tau tuatahi. I a ia e āpiha ana i te Rōpū Mātauranga Māori, nāna tētehi kaupapa e pā ana ki ngā ahurea e rua, e karangangia ana ko te Māori Education Foundation Family Education Programme, hei whāngai i te reo me ōna tikanga.

Ka kōrerotia e Pōtaka taua hōtaka raka e pā ana ki ngā rongo e rima. Mēnā e mōhio ana koe i te reo o Josephine, whakapā mai koa, kia kuhu ana kōrero ki ā mātou kōrero tautoko.

Tohutoro Kohinga 42497
Te tau 1993
Ngā hōnore Kaipatapatai: Tawini Rangihau

Ko te Marae Hei Wāhi Ako

Noho ai a Hinetara i Maketū, takiwā ki Te Puke i Te Moana-o-Toi, ka mahi ki te ao mātauranga me ngā whira whakatupu hua kiwi i tana tāne. Mahi tonu ana ia i tana marae i aua tau.

Ka kōrero mai a Pōtaka e pā ana ki te marae hei wāhi ako me te hua o te korikori hei huarahi ako.

Tohutoro Kohinga 42497
Te tau 1993
Ngā hōnore Kaipatapatai: Tawini Rangihau

Ngā Kete o te Mātauranga

I whakanuia a Pōtaka ki ngā tohu nei: Te Mētara Whaihua o Rotary o Te Puke (1973), Te Mētara Pērā mō Ngā Scouts (1975), tētehi Tohu Wahine o te Tau (1976), me te Tohu o te Emapaia (1976). I tohua hoki ia ki te Mētara a Te Kuini mō te Pōti Wahine, me tētahi tohu o Aotearoa tonu.

Ka korero a Pōtaka mō ngā kete o te mātauranga.

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Te tau 1993
Ngā hōnore Kaipatapatai: Tawini Rangihau

Wairuatanga

I ū ki a Pōtaka te taha wairua me te taha ki te kōrero, ā whakarongo mai ki a ia e kōrero ana mō te mana o te wai me te taha wairua me te kōrero mō te wairua anō hoki.

Tohutoro Kohinga 42497
Te tau 1993
Ngā hōnore Kaipatapatai: Tawini Rangihau

Whānau Āwhina

Ka roa kē a Hine Pōtaka i te ao mātauranga. E 66 ana tau i te tau 1990 ka tīmata i a ia tētehi wānanga motuhake ko Te Whānau Āwhina te ingoa: I Maketū ia, i tana kāinga tupu. 

Ka haotu e Hinetara te rākau ki tana hoamahi, ka whakamāramatia te kaupapa o Whānau Āwhina. Ka rongo i te reo o Josephine. Mēnā e mōhio ana koe i te Josephine nei, whakapā mai koa, kia kuhu ana kōrero ki ā mātou kōrero tautoko.

Tohutoro Kohinga 42497
Te tau 1993
Ngā hōnore Kaipatapatai: Tawini Rangihau