Scotty and his fateful (or flukey?) reo journey
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…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted 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,…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted by Guyon Espiner | Dec 16, 2018 | Reo
…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 series…
Read MorePosted 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,…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted 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 created innovations which…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted by Atakohu Middleton | Aug 2, 2020 | Media
…(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 “Turou Hawaiki!”, check out page 135 of…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted by Atakohu Middleton | Feb 17, 2019 | Media, Reo
…the wings of more experienced staff to learn about reporting: “It’s a mentoring process as opposed to instruction.” Waatea has seven bilingual reporting staff in its Auckland office — Scotty…
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Jul 18, 2021 | Reo
…to be mediocre, so you make a greater effort, don’t you? Pania Papa, Scotty Morrison and others, they all have a Pākehā parent, but look at them. So that can’t…
Read MorePosted 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 rangatahi. It…
Read More…ideas. Scotty Morrison My first job was with Te Kawe Purongo on Ruia Mai. Wassie Shortland and Rereata Makiha had seen an interview with me by Maihi Nikora on…
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Oct 28, 2017 | Comment & Analysis
…the bull was Duncan Garner attacking Taika Waititi. This week, the wheels truly came off as Hone Harawira abused and threatened Willie in English, live on air. An astonished Scotty…
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Oct 17, 2021 | Kōrero
…also felt like if you were gonna tell this story, it was important to tell it in the language appropriate to the story. We were fortunate that Scotty Morrison came…
Read MorePosted by Hinewehi Mohi | Oct 17, 2021 | Reo
…Anthems Week was launched last month, and a number of mātanga reo (language experts) — including Stacey and Scotty Morrison, Hemi Kelly, Hana Mereraiha and Tawaroa Kawana — had the…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Dec 11, 2016 | Kōrero
…Ngāpuhi through both my mother and my father. Hone Heke chopping down that flagpole is a significant part of our history. Then there’s my surname. Sherman. Or “Sherminator” as Scotty…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted 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…
Read MorePosted 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….
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