Te Kapua O'Connor

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Te Kapua O’Connor (Ngāti Kurī, Pohūtiare) is a doctoral student at Te Wānanga o Waipapa: School of Māori Studies and Pacific Studies at Waipapa Taumata Rau/the University of Auckland. Between 2017 and 2020 Te Kapua worked as a researcher on the Marsden Fast-Start-funded project led by Professor Melinda Webber. The project examined the distinctive identity traits of Te Tai Tokerau tūpuna and led to this book. In 2020, Te Kapua secured a University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship to commence his PhD. He was also awarded the 2021 Tā Hemi Henare Scholarship from the Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board to further support him in his doctoral studies. Te Kapua is studying the tikanga of ahikā, striving to broaden, add nuance, and challenge some of what we know about the celebrated tikanga.

He ākonga tohu kairangi a Te Kapua O’Connor (Ngāti Kurī, Pohūtiare) kei Te Wānanga o Waipapa, i raro i te Tari Māori me te Tari Moana-Nui-ā-Kiwa i Waipapa Taumata Rau, Tāmaki Makaurau. I te tau 2017 ki te tau 2020, ka tū a Te Kapua hei kairapu mō tētahi kaupapa Marsden Fast-Start, ko Melinda Webber te kaihautū. He rapu mātauranga e hāngai ana ki ngā tūpuna o Te Tai Tokerau, ko te pukapuka nei te hua. I te tau 2020, ka whiwhi karahipi tohu kairangi a Te Kapua i te whare wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau hei tautoko i tana whai i te tohu kairangi. Ka āpititia mai hoki te karahipi Tā Hemi Henare i te tau 2021, nā Te Kōhanga Reo. Ko te kaupapa o tana tohu, ko ngā tikanga o te ahikā, he whakawhānui atu i ngā mōhioranga, he whakamātautau hoki i te tika o ngā kōrero mō tēnei tūwhai kaupapa kei a tātou i te rā nei.

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Te Kapua O'Connor

Te Kapua O'Connor

A Fire in the Belly of Hineāmaru: A Collection of Narratives about Te Tai Tokerau Tūpuna

Ka Ngangana Tonu a Hineāmaru: He Kōrero Tuku Iho nō Te Tai Tokerau