Hōne Sadler

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Renowned Ngāpuhi elder Hōne Pereki Sadler (Ngāpuhi, Ngati Moerewa) was born in 1950 and grew up at the feet of his elders in the Tautoro Valley in Northland. He spoke only Māori until he went to school. He was educated at Northland College, Kaikohe, and then worked as a shearer and in forestry before training as a secondary school teacher. He has taught at Northland Polytechnic, where he taught Māori language before becoming HoD Māori Studies and then HoD Arts, and is now a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, teaching Māori language, oral literature and Matauranga Māori. He has a Masters of Matauranga Maori from the Wananga o Raukawa (writing his thesis on 'Wāhine Rangatira o Ngāpuhi, Te Tu o te Wāhine i roto o Ngāpuhi') and has also written on Māori knowledge, treaty claims and ancient funeral lore. Sadler is celebrated Māori orator, passionate about reviving the Māori language, which he believes must start in the home. He is well-known for his work in treaty claims and is turning his account of the origins, history and culture of the Ngāpuhi people, presented in support of the Ngāpuhi treaty claim, into a book, Ko Tautoro, Te pito o Tōku Ao: A Ngāpuhi Narrative (Auckland University Press, August 2014). He has been a member of Te Ara Wananga, which provides advice on the nature of Maori content in Te Ara / Encyclopedia of New Zealand, and a member of the Board of the James Henare Centre.

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Hōne Sadler

Hōne Sadler

Ko Tautoro, Te Pito o Tōku Ao: A Ngāpuhi Narrative