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Ko te reo me te wetereo Māori te kai a Dr Karena Kelly (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine). E whakaako ana ia ki te hia nei kaupapa reo Māori, ko ngā kura reo ā-rohe, ā-motu anō hoki ētahi, ā, e tohutohu ana i ngā tini hinonga huri noa i Aotearoa ki ngā kaupapa reo. He pūkenga a Karena i Te Herenga Waka, i Te Whanga-nui-a- Tara, i reira rā puta ai tōna ihu ki tana tohu kairangi i te tau 2015. He ika a Whiro ia nō Te Panekiretanga o te Reo, he kaiwhakamāori anō hoki nō te Toi Reo Māori. He kanorau ana whakamāoritanga tuhinga auaha, he toi kupu nā Homer, nā Apollinaire, nā Katherine Mansfield, nā Julia Donaldson hoki. Nō onamata ētahi, nō nā tata nei ētahi atu. Katoa ana whakamāoritanga o ngā pukapuka mā te tamariki, he hua nō te awhero nui kia huhua, kia kounga hoki ngā pukapuka reo Māori hei pānui tahi mā rāua ko tana tama nohinohi, ko Asher. Ko te whakamāoritanga o tā Seuss Oh, the Places You'll Go!, ko tana koha ki tana tama, i tana huritau tuarima.

Dr Karena Kelly is a specialist in Māori language and linguistics – teaching into a variety of Māori language fora, including regional and national kura reo, and providing strategic and linguistic advice to organisations throughout New Zealand. Karena lectures at Victoria University of Wellington, her alma mater, where she graduated with a PhD in 2015. She is also a graduate of Te Panekiretanga o te Reo, the Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language, and a Toi Reo Māori licensed translator. Her literary translation portfolio is diverse, including the works of Homer and Apollinaire, Katherine Mansfield and Julia Donaldson. Her translations of children’s literature are borne of her desire for an abundance of great books in te reo Māori to share with her young son, Asher. The translation of Dr. Seuss’s Oh, the Places You’ll Go! was her gift to him for his fifth birthday.

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Karena Kelly

Karena Kelly

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