WHO ARE WE?
We are a small Māori business producing resources for everyone who wants to learn about our Māori world. We are educators with lengthy experience teaching children and adults about Te Ao Māori.
WHAT IS YOUR PEPEHA?
Tīhei mauri ora!
Anei rā te pepeha tōku.
E tirohia ana e au ki te tonga,
Ko te wheke e mau ana i te toka,
Ko Arapaoa te moutere tapu,
Ko Kura te Au te awa,
Ko Raukawakawa te moana,
Ko Paraoa te waka,
Ko Rihari Te Whawhai Tahuaroa te tangata,
Ko Te Āti Awa te iwi,
Ko Puketapu te hapū
Ko Onauku te papakainga,
Ko Te Topa te whānau,
Ko Mere rāua ko Hongi ngā mātua
Ko Arohaina a'au.
E mihi ana ki a koe.
DOES DIGITAL IWI HAVE A PEPEHA?
Yes, we have our own unique pepeha, it is a metaphor for us.
Tīhei mauri ora!
Anei rā te pepeha o Digital Iwi.
He iwi, he iwi,
He mati, he mati,
He hiko, he hiko,
He iwi matihiko,
He iwi matihiko,
Tērā te uira,
E hiko i te rangi,
E puta ana.
Koianā!
WHAT DOES DIGITAL IWI PRODUCE?
We like to create to help people. Our current focus is on hard-copy graphic novel books and eWorkbooks as evidence of learning.
DOES DIGITAL IWI PRODUCE BILINGUAL BOOKS?
We love te reo Māori so we like bilingual bicultural books. Anything to help normalise te reo Māori and tikanga Māori.
WHEN DID DIGITAL IWI COMMENCE?
Digital Iwi was born in 2018 but has a whakapapa going back to 1995. Before that it was just an seed or kakano. That idea grew over time.