Evelyn Tobin
RĀ TUARUA | 3.15PM
MANAWA PAOPAO | MĀTIRO WHAKAMUA
He Tohu: Manifesting the health and vitality of creative and cultural expression for Toi Ngāpuhi in a contemporary world.
Te Rawhitiroa Bosch, Dr Ella Henry, Horomona Horo, Dr Te Kawehau Hoskins, Evelyn Tobin, Kura Te Waru-Rewiri, Tāwera Ngaronoa Tahuri.
O Ngāti Manu, Ngāpuhi; Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri.
He pouako ngaio kua rēhitatia a Evelyn, ā, e tohu pūmau tonu ana tāna tiwhikete whakaako. He kaituku ratonga anō kua whakamanahia, hei kaiwhakangungu mō te hunga whakaako, ngā tumuaki me ngā kaihautū kura, ngā māngai o ngā whānau, me ngā rōpū o ngā hapori hoki. I reira ia i te orokohanganga o ngā kōhanga reo, ngā kura kaupapa Māori, me ngā kura reo nā reira e noho pononga ana ia mō te oranga tonutanga me te kounga o te reo Māori, ngā tikanga Māori, me te mātauranga Māori ki te taha o ngā tūmomo kura e reo Māori ana ā rātou whakaakoranga. Tua atu i tērā, ko Evelyn hoki tētahi i runga i ngā uepū mana whakahaere e pupuri ana i ngā mahi whakauka pērā i Te Puna Mātauranga, Te Rua Mahara, Ngā Taonga mō Aotearoa whānui, tae atu ki tāna noho hei pūkenga mō Toi Ngāpuhi. He wahine whakaaro nui, whakaaro auaha, whakaaro tātari a Evelyn i roto i te maha rawa o āna wheako hei kaiarataki, hei kaihāpai, hei ringa āwhina hoki ki ngā poari ā-motu me ngā rōpū tohutohu – toitū te whenua, toitū te mana, toitū te reo!
