What is Te Reo Areare? He aha Te Reo Areare?
Te Reo Areare provides national leadership for NZEI Te Riu Roa in Maori issues, Maori education and for Maori members. It has an equal party relationship with National Executive.
Ko Te Reo Areare te mangai a motu, ki Te Riu Roa, mo nga take Maori, matauranga Maori, nga mema Maori. Tu ngatahi a Te Reo Areare me nga Apiha Riroa a motu.
Membership includes representatives from Aronui Tomua, rohe, the early childhood sector, support staff and student teachers. Te Reo Areare members participate fully in implementing the general priorities of NZEI Te Riu Roa and are represented on all the general structures — National Executive, Early Childhood National Caucus, Te Roopu Kaiawhina Tautoko Support Staff, and Principals' Council.
Te Reo Areare members for 2008 are
| Kaumatua | |
| Alex Waihirere | Pakeke |
| Wini Emery | Pakeke |
| Kaihautu: | |
| Fiona Matapo | Te Waipounamu |
| Rangiamohia Brown | Nga Tataha a Maui |
| Merearihi Whatuira | Te Ngaio Tu |
| Members: | |
| Mona Stevens | Otautahi ki Wairau |
| Tiri Bailey-Nowell | Taranaki |
| Fiona Matapo | Otepoti ki Murihiku |
| Raiha Manahi | Rotorua |
| Hinewai Smith | Tamaki Whanui |
| Hilda Foster | Mataatua |
| Willie Robinson | Whanganui ki Manawatu |
| Merearihi Whatiura | Tairawhiti |
| Arthur Rhind | Waikato |
| Isabella Pomare | Taitokerau |
| Te Aroha Hiko | Kahungunu |
| Serena Lewis | Te Upoko o Te Ika |
| Manu Pohatu | Early Childhood – Nga Tataha a Maui (Northern Region) |
| Te Araroa Robinson | Early Childhood - Te Ngaio Tu (Central Region) |
| Leeanne Campbell | Early Childhood - Te Waipounamu (Southern Region) |
| Sophie Short | Kaiawhina Tautoko (Support Staff) |
| Whetu Maunsell | Student Teacher |
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