Reweti Kohere Ng Krero a Reweti Kohere M

(Paperback, New edition)

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First published in 1994, Reweti Kohere: Ng Krero Reweti Kohere M is the collected writings in te reo Mori of Reweti Kohere (18711954) and his associates. Reweti Kohere was a prolific writer who contributed articles to publications such as Te Kopara, Te Toa Takitini, the Poverty Bay Herald and Te Ao Hou, in both te reo Mori and English. He was also an active correspondent with the Gisborne Herald. This book brings together his best writings, some reprinted from Te Pipiwharauroa and Te Toa Takitini, and some as told by Mohi Turei, Apirana Ngata, Tutere Wi Repa, Te Angiangi Hau, Ira Tahu, Manihera Waititi, Tahupotiki and Nikora Tautau. This new edition of Reweti Kohere: Ng Krero a Reweti Kohere M is one of four new editions of essential reo Mori texts released in 2024 by Te Herenga Waka University Press, in collaboration with Te Takarangi, a national programme celebrating mtauranga Mori through Mori-authored works of non-fiction.

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Wiremu Kaa was a kaumtua of Ngti Porou, Twhakairiora, Te Whnau a Kahu, Hunaara, Ngti Hoko, Hinepare, Ngi Tne, and Takimoana. He worked as a teacher, civil servant in the Education Department, Mori Education Lecturer at Victoria University, publisher and editor. Wiremu was active in the Anglican Church, and a broadcaster in te reo Mori for Te Upoko o Te Ika Radio. Jossie Mateohorere (Te Ohorere) Kaa was a Ngti Porou teacher, editor, writer, and Mori language expert. Over a long career she worked on numerous Mori publications and was also the coordinator for the Ngata Dictionary. She has authored short stories for children under the pen name Oho Kaa and has written levelled readers in Mori as part of the Ng Kete Krero series produced by Huia Publishers. Together, Jossie and Wiremu worked on the first all-Mori language dictionary, Tirohia Kimihia, with a team from Huia Publishers; this dictionary was a finalist in the 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards reference category. They have edited three collections in te reo Mori with Te Herenga Waka Press, new editions of which are forthcoming in 2024.