Maraea Hunia

Nō te tau 2016 i tae mai ai a Maraea ki Te Wāhanga. He kaiako kōhanga reo, kura kaupapa Māori hoki a Maraea i ngā tau kua pahure, ā, kua mahi anō ia hei kai tā rauemi mō ngā kura reo Māori o te motu. I te tau 2016, i oti i a Maraea tana tuhinga Tākutatanga mō te ako reo a ngā pēpi e rua i waenga i ō rāua whānau. He kaingākau a Maraea ki te reo Māori, ki te ako a te tamaiti, me te ako reo a te tamaiti anō hoki.

Maraea joined Te Wāhanga in 2016. In previous years, she worked as a kaiako in kōhanga reo and in kura kaupapa Māori, and as a publisher of resources for Māori-medium schools. In 2016, Maraea completed her Doctoral thesis on two children’s socialisation in te reo Māori within their whānau. Maraea is passionate about te reo Māori, children’s learning, and child acquisition of te reo Māori.