Pou Temara

William Te Rangiua (Pou) Temara is a Māori academic. He is currently professor of Te Reo and Tikanga (language and practices) at Waikato University[1] and a cultural authority on whaikōrero (oratory), whakapapa (genealogy) and karakia (prayers and incantations).[2] Prior to working at Waikato he taught at Victoria University of Wellington (where he also studied)[3] and Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.[4]

Temara has been a member of the Waitangi Tribunal since 2008[4] and is currently chair of the Repatriation Advisory Panel at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[5][6]

Temara is a member of the Tūhoe Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board[5] and chair of Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe within his iwi (tribe), Ngāi Tūhoe.[5] He is on Kingi Tuheitia's 'Council of Twelve.'[7]

Family

Temara was raised by his grandparents in a Māori-language environment in the Ureweras until he was eight years old, when he was sent to an English-language boarding school in Auckland.[2] He is the nephew of Māori language activist Jean Puketapu.[8] His uncle Makarini Temara was on the first Waitangi Tribunal in 1975.[9]

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