Kaa Williams

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

Kaa Williams

QSO
OccupationTelevision presenter
Notable credit(s)
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 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.[2]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2020.


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