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Scotty and his fateful (or flukey?) reo journey

Posted by Dale Husband | Dec 27, 2014 | Reo

Is your name Scotty Morrison, or do you have a Māori handle tucked away somewhere in there? I was fortunate to be gifted the name Te Manahau Morrison at one…

Embracing the chaos — the challenges of bringing up kids with te reo

Posted by Scotty and Stacey Morrison | Sep 9, 2017 | Reo

Hawaiki, Scotty, and Kurawaka Scotty and Stacey Morrison have spent 10 years bringing up their bilingual kids, and speaking only Māori to them. It hasn’t been easy. Now they’re ready…

Stacey Morrison: What I’d do if I was the boss of education

Posted by Stacey Morrison | May 27, 2018 | Reo

Stacey and Scotty Morrison with Hawaiki, their eldest. The Ministry of Education is inviting New Zealanders to take part in a national conversation about education. Here, te reo champion Stacey…

Pimp my reo

Posted by Moana Maniapoto | Feb 9, 2020 | Reo

…the early days, I got the Māori dictionary out. Enrolled in Scotty Morrison’s classes at Unitec when we lived in Grey Lynn. And then, well . . . I don’t…

Stacey Morrison: A whakapapa of performers on both sides

Posted by Dale Husband | Aug 5, 2017 | Kōrero

There’s nothing much in fronting radio or television shows that Stacey Morrison can’t do. Or hasn’t done. And that’s in Māori as well as in English. As a presenter, host,…

Nadine Millar: Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good

Posted by Nadine Anne Hura | Nov 14, 2015 | Reo

…foremost, I learned that you don’t need to feel ashamed if you don’t have the reo. Stacey Morrison, who (together with her husband, Scotty) champions “Māori For Grown-Ups”, stressed that…

No shortcuts to the reo

Posted by Guyon Espiner | Dec 16, 2018 | Reo

…Māori Made Easy books by Scotty Morrison are excellent. I reckon if you knew everything in those two books you could call yourself fluent. I don’t, and I don’t. The…

Stacey Morrison: Te reo growing pains — this is what change feels like

Posted by Stacey Morrison | Dec 3, 2017 | Comment & Analysis, Reo

…in its lane! Guyon Espiner is Don’s “worst offender” — and my husband, Scotty, and I are proud to be accessories to his crimes. Guyon and his multi-talented wife, Emma,…

Confused about tikanga? Join the club

Posted by Moana Maniapoto | Feb 28, 2016 | Reflections

…first time you strike a different way of doing things, you do get a fright. Like the time Scotty Morrison, Jaz Coleman and I headed to the Urewera for the…

Moana Maniapoto: Making Māori visible through our songs

Posted by Dale Husband | Oct 8, 2016 | Arts, Kōrero

…Just telling our own stories in film, like Toby does, or through contemporary music — that’s a political statement in itself when those stories aren’t represented in mainstream media. Scotty…

Wepiha Te Kanawa: Steering kids away from crime

Posted by Dale Husband | Aug 4, 2019 | Kōrero

…haka. Or in a barbershop quartet. Or on TV as a junior Scotty Morrison or Julian Wilcox. Or, as a fancy cakemaker. Or, as he is these days, a South…

No longer scared to speak my language

Posted by Siena Yates | Dec 6, 2020 | Identity, Reo

…up on me or walk away. People on my list included Naida Glavish , Hinewehi Mohi , Scotty Morrison , Nicole Hoey, and many others who influence entire businesses, have…

Peter Williams and Mauriora Kingi

Posted by Moana Maniapoto | Jun 21, 2015 | Reflections

…others will study for years to come. “He was a person who could bring all the tribes together,” said Scotty Morrison (Ngāti Whakaue). “Everybody paid attention when he spoke. That…

Balancing tikanga and journalism

Posted by Atakohu Middleton | Aug 2, 2020 | Media

…that can be used and revived.” (By the, way, while we’re talking about Te Karere , if you want the full story of where Scotty Morrison got his trademark sign-off…

Reina Whaitiri: Our literature must come from the inside — not from outsiders

Posted by Dale Husband | Mar 11, 2018 | Kōrero

…and the radio stations are doing a fabulous job in making te reo normal. It’s such a pleasure to hear Scotty Morrison, and others, reading the news and giving the…

A voice that’ll continue to be heard

Posted by Caley Wilson | Feb 22, 2015 | Arts

…play with Perfect Day – which has lyrics in Maori, Hawaiian and English. Among the Maori language experts he’s worked with are Scotty Morrison and Julian Wilcox, who he describes…

Not all cults are bad

Posted by Moana Maniapoto | Mar 15, 2015 | Comment & Analysis

…included Scotty Morrison (swim), Cliff Curtis (cycle) and me on the run. Cliffy pulled out with some lame excuse about filming in Prague with Ashley Judd. Enter the real “dark…

Figuring it out for the refugees

Posted by Moana Maniapoto | Sep 12, 2015 | Comment & Analysis

…of the refugee youngsters cried when Scotty Morrison did his haka. Well, he is a bit scary. It was their first-ever exposure to Māori and our first exposure to refugees….

Keeping Māori storytelling alive

Posted by Siena Yates | Nov 29, 2020 | Reo

…where people like Stacey and Scotty Morrison , Joe Harawira , and Mātai Smith, share the oral stories of Māori culture, acting them out for a room full of rapt…

Whaikōrero with subtitles

Posted by Vanessa Ellingham | Apr 26, 2020 | Reflections

…Marae that Sunday, something had clearly broken open. The show’s team had cut whatever they’d planned for that week and transformed their programme into a virtual tangihanga. Scotty Morrison called…

Maiki Sherman: Holding the powerful to account

Posted by Dale Husband | Dec 11, 2016 | Kōrero

…flagpole is a significant part of our history. Then there’s my surname. Sherman. Or “Sherminator” as Scotty Morrison began calling me when I started working with him on Te Karere….

Māori media revamp: Where’s the focus on quality journalism?

Posted by Atakohu Middleton | Feb 17, 2019 | Media, Reo

…Scotty Morrison, Tūmamao Harawira, Eruera Lee-Morgan, Lady Pokai, Paratene Wirapa, Rangi McLean and Ellyce McLeod — and six in iwi stations in the regions. “We do what we can with…

Putting the boot into Awataha hurts all our marae

Posted by Moana Maniapoto | Jul 1, 2017 | Comment & Analysis

…Harrison. A quick flick of the wrist and I’m in Scotty Morrison’s nightclass at Te Noho Kotahitanga at Unitec, learning Māori. My poi continues its journey to a Ngā Aho…

Māori media: Where are our Māori print journalists?

Posted by Morgan Godfery | Nov 11, 2018 | Media

…the top of your head, you could name half a dozen Māori journalists. Tini Molyneux. Scotty Morrison. Dale Husband. Mihi Forbes. Annabelle Lee. Maiki Sherman. But could you name another…

Moana Maniapoto: I hope the new government doesn’t need sleep

Posted by Moana Maniapoto | Oct 28, 2017 | Comment & Analysis

…Scotty Morrison reprimanded his guest for trampling on te mana o te reo given Hone was a guest on Te Karere, TVNZ’s Māori language news service. But here’s the thing….

Moana Maniapoto: Every day is Waitangi Day

Posted by Moana Maniapoto | Feb 4, 2018 | Comment & Analysis, Media

…nice. But every day is Waitangi Day. And if Mihingārangi wasn’t seen as “the one”, then what about Miriama Kamo, Dale Husband, Scotty Morrison or Kereama Wright? How about trying…

Tiana Epati — raising the bar for future generations

Posted by Stacey Morrison | Nov 29, 2020 | Kōrero

…Society. Here she is again, this time talking to Stacey Morrison in a piece for Woman magazine, republished here with their kind permission, about why it’s important to champion the…

Māori media: Inconvenient truths

Posted by Gary Wilson | Nov 25, 2018 | Media

…family. With mates. Playing sport. Singing. Just hanging out. At work. Or in other situations that Te Mātāwai and enlightened teachers like Scotty and Stacey Morrison are encouraging. Te reo…

Open letter to the University of Waikato Council

Posted by E-Tangata | Sep 20, 2020 | Comment & Analysis

We, the undersigned, stand in support of Māori academics who have spoken out about long-term, unresolved systemic and casual racism they have experienced at the University of Waikato. We believe…

Rawinia Higgins: Regenerating the reo

Posted by Dale Husband | Nov 10, 2019 | Kōrero, Reo

…and spending weekends with colleagues like Shane Taurima, Toni Roberts, Charisma Rangipunga, Scotty and Stacey Morrison, Ruakere Hond and Tatere McLeod, among others. We facilitate kura whakarauora and teach whānau…