Mihimihi - Personal introduction

Tēnā koutou katoa - Greetings everyone

Ko Tararua me Earl's Seat ngā maunga - Tararua and Earl's Seat are my mountains
Ko Thames me Clyde ngā awa - The Thames and the Clyde are my rivers
Ko Waiorongomai me Loch Lomond ngā roto - Waiorongomai and Loch Lomond are my lakes

Ko Te Moana o Raukawa te moana - Cook Strait is my sea

Ko Ngāti Raukawa me Ngāti Kōtirangi me Ngāti Ingarangi ngā iwi - Raukawa, Scotland and England are my nations

Ko Ōtaki me Glasgow me Rātana ngā papatūwhenua - Ōtaki, Glasgow and London are my homelands

Ko Arthur Ronald Timms te matua - Arthur Ronald Timms was my father

Ko Jean Mary Timms te whaea - Jean Mary Timms is my mother

Ko au tēnei - This is me

Ko Catriona Elizabeth Timms-Dean taku ingoa - My name is Catriona Elizabeth Timms-Dean

Engari ki te ao katoa ko Kate ahau - But everyone calls me Kate

Ko Conway Dean taku hoa rangatira - Conway Dean is my husband

Nō Ahitereiria ia - He is from Australia

Ka noho māua kei Ōtepoti - We live in Dunedin

Ko Jacob rātou ko Torrey, ko Lachlan ā māua tama - Our sons are Jake, Torrey and Lachlan

Ko Charlotte rātou ko Madeleine, ko Genevieve ā māua kōhine - Our daughters are Charlotte, Madeleine and Genevieve

Nā reira, tēnā tātou - And so, greetings

Kia ora koutou,

My name is Kate Timms-Dean and I am a senior lecturer at Otago Polytechnic. I work in the Educational Development Centre and teach the Treaty of Waitangi and Māori content across a range of programmes and departments. I am taking the Facilitating On-line course as I want to become more adept as an on-line facilitator, and I also intend to enrol in the Graduate Certificate in Applied e-Learning once my doctorate thesis is completed. My thesis is in Māori Studies and focuses on contemporary language revitalisation strategies in Aotearoa New Zealand and Alba Scotland.

I am a mum of 6 kids and step-kids aged between 17 and 3 years, and I love playing pool competitively and tending my vege patch. My fabulous husband Conway is an artist.

Nāku noa,

Nā Kate (AKA K8epai :)