A talk with Rosa Hibbert-Schooner presented as a part of the ‘Tū Mai Te Tiriti’ | ‘Upraising the Treaty in Tertiary Education’ seminars from Tuia Te Ako 2023. 

E rere kau ana ngā mihi ki a koutou. He mokopuna ahau nō Te Arawa. Ko Ngāti Whakaaue rātou ko Ngāti Hurungaterangi, ko Ngāti Apu Moana ōku hapū. I tipu ake au i Ōtautahi. Ko Rosa Hibbert-Schooner ahau.

I oti tōku tohu paetahi i te tau 2022; ā, ko Te Reo Māori me Māori Indigenous Studies ki Ara (Te Pūkenga), te kaupapa. I whakapōtaengia au mō taku ako i te Psychology me te Criminal Justice, ki Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha. I roto i tōku wā ki te whare wānanga, ka mahi au i Te Akatoki, he roopū tauira Māori. Ka mahi au i te tūranga Tumuaki Tuarua, ā Tumuaki i tēnei roopū. Ka mahi hoki au ki te taha o Purapura Whetu mō tētahi rangahau Māori, arā, ko Kā Pou Whenua. He rangatahi wahine Māori ahau, nā reira, ko tēnei tōku tirohanga. Ko au te Tumuaki o Te Mana Ākonga i tēnei tau!

My passions are advocating and bridging connection between decision-making and tauira on the ground who work within our communities. I believe activism through art can speak a million words and cannot wait to share my whakaaro.