Kaa Williams

Kaa Williams
CNZM QSO
Williams in 2023
OccupationTelevision presenter
Notable creditManu Rere

Kaa Kataraina Kathleen Williams CNZM QSO is a New Zealand television presenter on Māori Television on the show Manu Rere.

Biography

She is of Ngāi Tuhoe and Ngāti Manawa descent. Williams is a winner of the Best Reo Māori Television Presenter (Female). She has designed the assessment tools for literacy and education, early numeracy programmes and worked for TEA (Tuhoe Education Authority). She has also held positions with Poari Manaaki Early Childhood Education, Te Roopu Māori Āwhina in the Tertiary Education Commission and on advisory groups for the International Research Institute for Māori and Indigenous Education and GEM – Genetic Engineering and Modification.[1]

Williams has a master's degree from the University of Auckland.[2] She is a poutokomanawa (senior lecturer) at Te Whare Wānanga Takiura o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori, a Māori tertiary education provider that entails a Rumaki Reo programme and a Bachelor of Education in Kura Kaupapa Māori.

In the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours, Williams was appointed an Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for services to Māori.[3] In the 2023 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori and education.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Māori Television | People - Kaa Williams". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  2. ^ Williams, Kaa (1999). Kei hopu tōū ringa ki te aka tāepa engari kia mau ki te aka matua (Masters thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/2938.
  3. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  4. ^ "New Year honours list 2023". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.


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