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Hona Black (Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) is a lecturer at Te Pūtahi a Toi: School of Māori Knowledge at Massey University in Palmerston North. He has worked as the Senior Māori Adviser on Massey’s Wellington campus, and been Head of Te Reo Māori at Hato Pāora College in Feilding. He lives with his whānau in Porirua.

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City of Residence: Wellington

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hona Black (Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) is a lecturer at Te Pūtahi a Toi: School of Māori Knowledge at Massey University in Palmerston North. He has worked as the Senior Māori Adviser on Massey’s Wellington campus, and been Head of Te Reo Māori at Hato Pāora College in Feilding. He lives with his whānau in Porirua. Books with Oratia Books: He Iti te Kupu: Māori Metaphors and Similes, Te Reo Kapekape: Māori Wit and Humour, Ngā Hapa Reo: Common Māori Language Errors, and te reo Māori text for What’s in a Name?/He aha tō te Ingoa?

Audiobook

Audiobooks New Zealand · He Iti te Kupu : Maori Metaphors and Similes Read and Written By Hona Black

Audiobooks New Zealand · Te Reo Kapekape: Māori Wit and Humour - Written and Read By Hona Black