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 [1] Teachers leave links to relevant sites and discuss matters of interest to Māori.
Second language teaching: [2]Invaluable principles for language teaching
He Rourou - five minute interviews in Maori on Radio New Zealand National: [3] Scroll down "afternoon" programme to He Rourou
- Radio Waatea - news in Māori[4]
- Māori education site on TKI [5]
- Māori television programme list [6]
- Māori dictionary online - all in Māori [7]
Media Studies
Media Studies site on TKI [8]
Who let the blogs out? Conference on media studies blog [9]
Lesson plans
Politics
NZ Labour Party [10] The Māori Party [11] The Green Party [12] The National Party [13]
