Founders,
leaders and tutors of the Te Waka Huia Maori Cultural Club since 1981.
This club has been winner of Aotearoa Traditional Maori Performing
Arts Festivals and has represented NZ at South Pacific Festivals.
Dr
Ngapo Wehi was a lecturer in Maori studies and education at AIT and
UNITEC from 1984 to 1996.
He is, in
2008, a lecturer in Maori Studies at Auckland University.
He is or has been:
Justice of the Peace
Managing Director, Pounamu Training Systems;
Chairman, Te Waka Toi Arts Council
Chairman, Pounamu Maori Development Authority;
Member of Tourism Auckland,
Chamber of Commerce,
Auckland Maori Competitions Committee.
He and his wife Dr Pimia Wehi, are the only people who have won the
Aotearoa Traditional Maori Performing Arts Festival six times; in 1972
and 1979 with Waihirere, and in 1986, 1992, 1994 and 2009 with Te Waka
Huia.
Both Bub and Nan have spent a lifetime living and working in the field
of Maori Performing Arts as performers, tutors and composers. MORE
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Webpage written by John Archer, Sept 2008