The whakataukī - Ka tangi te pīpīwharauroa, ko te karere a Mahuru - speaks to how the pīpīwharauroa’s call signals that spring has commenced and also conveniently provides an analogy that seems appropriate to the current state of te reo Māori.
Kia ū ki tau kawai whakapapa, kia matau ai, ko wai koe, e anga atu koe ki hea – Take ahold of your ancestral stem, so that you might know, who you are, and what direction you're going in.
Dr Teah Carlson messaging with the help of her whānau on "Noho ki te kainga" - Stay at Home during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. Mai i te toka-a-taiau ki te-taumata-ō-Apanui, Teah has a PhD in Public Health, which was a Health Research Council-funded project entitled ‘Kaupapa Māori evaluation: Transforming health literacy.
Dr Valance Smith (Ngāpuhi, Waikato, Ngāti Haina, Ngāti Pākehā) messaging on "Noho ki te kāinga" - Stay at Home during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. Valance has recently been appointed to Assistant Pro-Vice Chancellor (Māori Adavncement) and leads the Mātauranga Māori Strategy at AUT.
Prof Papaarangi Reid messaging on "Noho ki te kainga" - Stay at Home during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. Papaarangi is a Mauri Ora Co-Theme leader and Tumuaki and Head of Department of Maori Health at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, She holds science and medical degrees from the University of Auckland and is a specialist in
Professor Suzanne Pitama (Ngāti Kahungunu) messaging on "Noho ki te kāinga" - Stay at Home during COVID-19 Alert level 4 Aotearoa/New Zealand State of Emergency. Suzanne Pitama (Ngāti Kahungunu) is the Associate Dean Māori and Professor at the University of Otago, Christchurch.