Wednesday 5 August 2009

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 :)
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5 comments:

  1. willie campbell5 August 2009 at 22:41

    what a great introducation Kate. you will have all the hits of introduction VERY soon I'm sure. A mihi in Gaelic is quite something.Look forward to working with you on this endeavour.
    Ka kite ano.
    Willie

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  2. willie campbell5 August 2009 at 22:50

    woops. I realise that your mihi here is Maori-English. BUT I know that you did a mihi in Gaelic at a conference in Scotland recently.
    See you on Elluminate on Monday.
    Willie

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  3. Stephen6 August 2009 at 04:09

    Kia ora Kate
    I'd like to acknowledge your greeting to the ākonga on this course.

    I grew up in Otepoti, leaving the city at 15 (many years ago I'd admit)...

    Looking forward to sharing the learning online as we go, while keeping on top of parenting - you've got a big job! We've two little ones (aged 8 months and 3 years), which keep us busy.

    Hei konei mai,
    Stephen
    (now in Whanganui-a-tara)

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  4. Sarah Stewart9 August 2009 at 23:13

    Kia ora Kate

    Great to hear from you. Look forward to following your journey over the next few weeks, Sarah

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  5. Sarah Stewart9 September 2009 at 16:33

    Hi Kate

    Haven't heard from you for a while...how's it going? Is there anything I can do to help you along with this course?

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