Lynne-Harata Te Aika
Position
UC Secondment as Head of School for Aotahi: School of Māori and Indigenous Studies
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications
- Master of Arts honours (MA hons) Waikato University
- Graduate Diploma Māori and Bilingual Education, Waikato University
- Bachelor of Arts (BA), Victoria University
- Diploma in Teaching (Dip Tchg), Christchurch College of Education
- Graduate Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo-Institute of Excellence in Te Reo Māori
Contact Details
lynne-harata.teaika@canterbury.ac.nz
Administrative Responsibilities
- Kaiārahi Māori College of Education-Strategic Leader of Māori strategy
- College of Education Executive Member
- Adviser for Tikanga Māori and Te Reo Māori
- Course coordinator EDEM649 and EDEM657
Background
- Teaching and research relating to te reo Māori, bilingual and immersion education, indigenous education, treaty education and tribal education, Māori development and capacity building activities.
- Experience in early childhood education as ECE licensee, teaching experience in primary, secondary and tertiary education.
- Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Kotahi Mano Kāika Language Planning Advisory Committee
- Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu educational strategic leader
- Chairperson Te Ngāi Tūahuriri Education Committee
- Chairperson Tuahiwi School Board of Trustees
- Programme developer for Hoaka Pounamu: Post Graduate Diploma in Māori and Bilingual Education
- Council member for Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
- Māori Advisory Committee Canterbury Museum
- Composer of waiata and writer of resources in te reo Māori
Courses
EDEM 649 Te Tiriti i Te Ao Mātauranga-Treaty in Education today
EDEM 657 Whakaora Reo-Language Revitalisation
Research
Please see UC Research Profile for full list of publications.
Fields of Research
- Māori language
- Bilingual/immersion education
- Second language teaching
- Treaty & indigenous education
- Tertiary Education and Māori
- Tribal strategic planning
- Raising Māori achievement
Research Projects
- Building Collaborative Relationships with Ngāi Tahu Rūnanga Communities and tertiary educators to enhance tribal ecology
- Community Bilingual Initiatives 2010-2011 working with six Ngāi Tahu Rūnanga
- Scoping Provision of Te Reo Māori in Te Waipounamu 2009
- Hei Tauira: Teaching and Learning Excellence for Māori in Tertiary Settings
Research Groups
- Māori Education
- Critical Literacies in Schools