Haurongo

He kaiako a Valance Smith (Ngāpuhi, Waikato, Ngāti Mahuta) ki Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki-makau-rau.  Ka whakaako ia i ngā akoranga reo Māori (tohu paetahi), me te akoranga Tikanga Māori (tohu paerua).  He akoranga anō ōna ki Te Puna Mātauranga.  He pōtae anō ōna hei poukaiora, hei kaiwhaikōrero anō hoki mō AUT. Kātahi anō ia ka oti i tana tohu kairangi. 

He tirohanga hou, he whakamāramatanga hou tēnei mahi rangahau i te uaratanga o ngā reo waiata hou hei whakatairanga i te reo Māori.   Ka mutu, ka āta matapakitia te uaratanga o ngā waiata kua titoa katoatia ki te reo Māori, me te uaratanga o ngā waiata kua titoa reoruatia.  Nā konā, he rauemi tēnei rangahau hei āwhina i ngā māhita, i ngā kaiwhakaako me ngā kaimanako katoa o te ao puoro, ka mutu, hei taunaki anō hoki i ngā mahi o Te Ipukarea, arā, ‘Whakareia te kounga o te reo’.