Kaa Williams
Encyclopedia
Kaa Williams, QSO
, is a New Zealand
television presenter on Māori Television
on the show Manu Rere
.
and Ngāti Manawa descent. Kaa is a winner of the Best Reo Māori Television Presenter (Female). She has designed the assessment tools for literacy and education, early numeracy programmes and worked for TEA (Tuhoe Education Authority). She has also held positions with Poari Manaaki Early Childhood Educat6ion, Te Roopu Māori Āwhina in the Tertiary Education Commission and on advisory groups for the International Research Institute for Māori and Indigenous Education and GEM – Genetic Engineering and Modification.
Whaea Kaa is a poutokomanawa Senior Lecturer at Te Whare Wānanga Takiura o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori. A Māori Tertiary Education provider which entails a Rumaki Reo programme and a Bachelor of Education in Kura Kaupapa Māori.
Queen's Service Order
The Queen's Service Order was established by Queen Elizabeth II on 13 March 1975, awarded by the government of New Zealand "for valuable voluntary service to the community or meritorious and faithful services to the Crown or similar services within the public sector, whether in elected or...
, is a New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
television presenter on Māori Television
Maori Television
Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the...
on the show Manu Rere
Manu Rere
Manu Rere is a weekly New Zealand television educational show hosted by Kaa Williams.-External links:*...
.
Biography
She is of Ngāi TuhoeTuhoe
Ngāi Tūhoe , a Māori iwi of New Zealand, takes its name from an ancestral figure, Tūhoe-pōtiki. The word tūhoe literally means "steep" or "high noon" in the Māori language...
and Ngāti Manawa descent. Kaa is a winner of the Best Reo Māori Television Presenter (Female). She has designed the assessment tools for literacy and education, early numeracy programmes and worked for TEA (Tuhoe Education Authority). She has also held positions with Poari Manaaki Early Childhood Educat6ion, Te Roopu Māori Āwhina in the Tertiary Education Commission and on advisory groups for the International Research Institute for Māori and Indigenous Education and GEM – Genetic Engineering and Modification.
Whaea Kaa is a poutokomanawa Senior Lecturer at Te Whare Wānanga Takiura o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori. A Māori Tertiary Education provider which entails a Rumaki Reo programme and a Bachelor of Education in Kura Kaupapa Māori.
External links
- http://www.twt.ac.nz/staffprofile.htm#KaaWilliams
- Kaa Williams at Maori Television
- http://www.twt.ac.nz/staffprofile.htm#KaaWilliams