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Parearau Nikora 

Name - Parearau Nikora
Iwi - Tuhoe/Ngati Pukeko/ Ngati Awa/ Te Aitanga-ā-Hauiti/ Te Aitang-ā-Māhaki
Qualification(s) - Bachelor of Matauranga Maori Maori Language Commission Certified Interpreter National Certificate in Adult Literacy Education Certificate in Adult Teaching – Level 5
Role / Position – Awhi Tauira Academic Student Support Advisor
Phone – (07) 307-1467 Extn 7506
Email – parearau.nikora@wananga.ac.nz

About Me

  • Educated at Ruatoki High School and Hukarere Girls College Napier
  • Trained as a General Nurse in Rotorua
  • Married a Queenslander – resided in Australia for 24 years
  • Remarried and returned home to Waiariki District in 1991
  • 8 adult children and 16 mokopuna; some children and mokopuna are whāngai
  • Immersed into community and church projects
  • Bachelor of Matauranga Maori Graduate of 2007

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Acquired a Certificate in Adult Teaching (Level 5) in June 2010, which has enhanced my programme deliveries to students in Matauranga Maori and those who are pursuing Bachelor of Education degrees
  • Delivering academic student support, ewananga online services and pastoral care to students of all programmes on campus, on noho marae and distant areas such as Tairāwhiti, Kahungunu, Northland and Unitech.
  • The Literacy and Numeracy Certificate has been beneficial in enabling me to incorporate and embed literacy and numeracy into all of the above programmes.

Research Interests

  • Undertook Master of Maori Studies in 2008 and have completed three papers at the end of 2010.
  • 2011: launching into the IHI 803 – Research Methods and Methodologies pre-Thesis paper.