coming to Whakatū
Janis de Thierry has spent over quarter a century working towards growing te reo and tikanga at the top of the south.
She and her husband Anthony were instrumental in the establishment of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tuia te Matangi – a kura kaupapa Māori in Richmond.
But like whakataukī (proverb) in which the kūmara does not speak of its sweetness, Janis says there were a lot of people on the ground before the de Tierrys came on board.
Anthony is now tumuaki (principal) and a pouako (teacher) and Janis is kaihautū tari (office manager).
The de Tierrys were due to speak at Te Kaiaotanga o Te Reo, the top of the south’s second Māori language revitalisation symposium next Tuesday and Wednesday, after the inaugural event in Blenheim in May last year.
Link to article: Revitalising te reo symposium coming to Whakatū | Stuff.co.nz
