Hiria Wallace

Ko Maungapōhatu te maunga
Ko Ōhinemataroa te awa
Ko Mataatua te waka
Ko Tauarau te marae
Ko Ngāti-Rongo te hapu
Ko Tūhoe te iwi
Ko Ruatoki te haukainga

Hiria is of Tuhoe descent and a fluent speaker of Te Reo Māori with 27 years experience working in the secondary sector. Hīria works as a kaitakawaenga/education consultant from her home town of Whakatāne.

She supports kura and schools in:

• Te Reo me ōna Tikanga

• Mātauranga Māori

• second language acquisition

• assessment for learning

• literacy, boys in literacy

• numeracy

• project based learning

• culturally responsive and relational pedagogy

• NCEA - assessment and moderation

• inquiry and reflective practice.

Hiria is an experienced facilitator. Previously she worked as a lead facilitator in Phase two of the Te Kotahitanga research and professional development programme. She believes that inquiry and ongoing reflective practice are keys to developing agentic learning pedagogy and practices.

To keep things in balance Hiria enjoys time with family, friends and her two dogs. She also teaches Te Reo Maori in the community and is active in her hapu and on her marae.