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Paia Taani headshot imageNgāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Whare, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Uenukukōpako
MIndS, BA, Grad.Dip in Māori Studies (Otago), Diploma of Teaching (ECE) (Auckland), Te Ara Reo Māori, Te Pīnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi (Te Wānanga o Aotearoa)

Contact

Office 3S5, Richardson Building, South Tower
Tel +64 3 479 7219
Email paia.taani@otago.ac.nz

Research

Paia's research interests lie within the realms of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori particularly within the contexts of whānau and education. Influenced by her and her husband's personal experiences raising four bilingual tamariki, Paia's masters research focused on teacher preparedness to teach te reo Māori speaking children in mainstream primary schools. Paia is a PhD candidate researching the intergenerational transmission of te reo Māori within her own whānau.

Teaching

Distinctions

  • 2012: Te Tumu Kahurangi Prize for Māori Language

Awarded Masters Degree

Taani, P. M. (2019). Whakaritea te pārekereke: How prepared are teachers to teach te reo Māori speaking tamariki in mainstream primary schools? (MInDs). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Available from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9736

Publications

Taani, P. (2023). Whakaritea te pārekereke: Teacher preparedness to teach te reo Māori speaking children in mainstream education settings. New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, 20(1), 19-36. doi: 10.24135/teacherswork.v20i1.362
Journal - Research Article
Taani, P. (2022, November). I ahatia taku reo Māori? What happened to my language? Tracking intergenerational transmission of te reo Māori. Verbal presentation at the MAI Doctoral Conference, Auckland.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Taani, P. (2022, November). Hoki atu ki ngā pā o Toi! Verbal presentation at the International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC), [Online].
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Taani, P. (2022). Whakapapa: Our ways of knowing, being and doing. MAI Journal, 11(2), 117-127. doi: 10.20507/MAIJournal.2022.11.2.3
Journal - Research Article
Taani, P. (2021). I ahatia taku reo Māori? What happened to my language? Tracking intergenerational transmission of Te Reo Māori. Proceedings of the University of Otago Student Research Symposium: Te Wānaka Rakahau: Ākoka. (pp. 59). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Taani, P. (2020). Kei hea taku reo? In A. Card & J. Carroll-Lind (Eds.), Tōku Anō Reo Māori: My very own language [Occasional paper series number 3]. (pp. 36-38). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand. [Contribution].
Chapter in Book - Research
Taani, P. (2020). Ngā tamariki o te kohu: Whakapapa as a basis for the application. In A. Card & J. Carroll-Lind (Eds.), Tōku Anō Reo Māori: My very own language [Occasional paper series number 3]. (pp. 86-90). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand.
Chapter in Book - Research
Taani, P. (2015). Taku kuru pounamu. In N. Williams, J. Carroll-Lind & L. Smith (Eds.), Tōku Anō Ao Māori: My very own world [Occasional paper series number 2]. (pp. 53-58). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand.
Chapter in Book - Research
Taani, P. (2023). Whakaritea te pārekereke: Teacher preparedness to teach te reo Māori speaking children in mainstream education settings. New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, 20(1), 19-36. doi: 10.24135/teacherswork.v20i1.362
Journal - Research Article
Taani, P. (2022). Whakapapa: Our ways of knowing, being and doing. MAI Journal, 11(2), 117-127. doi: 10.20507/MAIJournal.2022.11.2.3
Journal - Research Article
Taani, P. (2022, November). Hoki atu ki ngā pā o Toi! Verbal presentation at the International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC), [Online].
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Taani, P. (2022, November). I ahatia taku reo Māori? What happened to my language? Tracking intergenerational transmission of te reo Māori. Verbal presentation at the MAI Doctoral Conference, Auckland.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Taani, P., & Tuhega, J. (2021, August). He kai kei aku ringa: Connecting the docs: Te Tiriti o Waitangi (via OCOS), Te Whāriki, Tātaiako, Ka Hikitia-Ka Hāpaitia and the National Education & Learning Priorities. Workshop presentation at the University of Otago College of Education Hui-ā-Tau for Early Years Kaiako: Pikorua: Actualising Tiriti Partnership in Early Childhood Practice, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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