Q's course in Māori [sound recording]
Item
Rights
Hita, Quinton
Waipara, Zak
Waipara, Zak
Creator
Quinton Hita
Book illustrations by Zak Waipara.
Read by Quinton Hita and Ngamaru Raerino.
Book illustrations by Zak Waipara.
Read by Quinton Hita and Ngamaru Raerino.
Date
2001
Description
Quinton Hita's work on TV, radio and film has seen him on both sides of the camera. After winning fans on Mai Time and Shortland Street, he went behind the scenes on Shortland, and these days is better known in the industry as a prolific producer with company Kura Productions.
Hita's prowess in Te Reo played a part early in his career, when he balanced work teaching Māori with a gig writing Māori news for Palmerston North bilingual station Kia Ora FM.
In 1996 Hita was in at the launch of influential Māori youth show Mai Time. The show began with a team of five presenters, and Hita stayed on board for two years. He was also writing and presenting show Ka Hao te Rangatahi for Māori radio broadcaster Ruia Mai.
After leaving Mai Time, a publisher approached Hita with the idea of him writing a basic guide to Māori language. When "Q’s Course in Māori" was released in time for Māori Language Week in 2001, NZ Herald writer Maggie Thomson called Hita "the kind of tour de force who is just the figurehead Te Reo needs among young people". The book was updated in 2004, this time with an accompanying CD instead of a cassette tape.
The years between the book's first and second edition saw Hita balancing multiple broadcasting gigs, and adding acting into the mix. He joined the on-air team at Auckland's Mai FM, made radio shows for Ruia Mai and started a six year term as youth rep on the Māori Language Commission. After joining long-running Māori children’s series Pukana as presenter, he also worked on the show as writer, director and Te Reo Māori consultant.
Hita's prowess in Te Reo played a part early in his career, when he balanced work teaching Māori with a gig writing Māori news for Palmerston North bilingual station Kia Ora FM.
In 1996 Hita was in at the launch of influential Māori youth show Mai Time. The show began with a team of five presenters, and Hita stayed on board for two years. He was also writing and presenting show Ka Hao te Rangatahi for Māori radio broadcaster Ruia Mai.
After leaving Mai Time, a publisher approached Hita with the idea of him writing a basic guide to Māori language. When "Q’s Course in Māori" was released in time for Māori Language Week in 2001, NZ Herald writer Maggie Thomson called Hita "the kind of tour de force who is just the figurehead Te Reo needs among young people". The book was updated in 2004, this time with an accompanying CD instead of a cassette tape.
The years between the book's first and second edition saw Hita balancing multiple broadcasting gigs, and adding acting into the mix. He joined the on-air team at Auckland's Mai FM, made radio shows for Ruia Mai and started a six year term as youth rep on the Māori Language Commission. After joining long-running Māori children’s series Pukana as presenter, he also worked on the show as writer, director and Te Reo Māori consultant.
Format
1 cassette (46 min.) + 1 book ( 80 p. : ill. , 18 x 17 cm.)
Language
Te reo Māori
English
English
Publisher
HarperCollins, Auckland