User:JohnBirnie

John Birnie

Ka nui ngā mihi ki a koutou. He kaiako au mō te reo Māori i te Kāreti o te Awaawa o Kaikorai.

Kia ora koutou. I'm a Māori language teacher at Kaikorai Valley College, Dunedin, New Zealand. I also currently teach Media Studies (Level 3).

Interested in: music, drama, speaking, politics, film. Married to Pam Morrison



=Interests=

Te reo Maori
Links:

THM blog Teachers leave links to relevant sites and discuss matters of interest to Māori.

Second language teaching: Invaluable principles for language teaching

He Rourou - five minute interviews in Maori on Radio New Zealand National: Scroll down "afternoon" programme to He Rourou


 * Radio Waatea - news in Māori


 * Māori education site on TKI


 * Māori television programme list


 * Māori dictionary online - all in Māori

Media Studies
Media Studies site on TKI

Who let the blogs out? Conference on media studies blog

Politics
NZ Labour Party The Māori Party The Green Party The National Party