Seminar Topic: Te Reo o te Karakia Pou Temara is Professor of reo and tikanga at the University of Waikato. He is a recognised authority on Māori customary practice and whaikōrero, having taught at Victoria University as a senior lecturer and at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi as associate professor and as head of the faculty of Mātauranga Māori. He is also one of three directors of Te Panekiretanga o te Reo, the Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language, where he teaches and researches whaikōrero, karanga, and tikanga. He was also a member of the Māori Advisory Committee, which produced essays for the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau. Professor Temara is a member of the Tūhoe Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board and is the chairperson of both Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe and the Repatriation Advisory Panel to Te Papa and has written many publications and essays on issues currently affecting Māori. His first book, Maungapōhatu, was released recently through Huia Publishers. Professor Temara was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal in 2008. In recognition of the Māori New Year “Matariki”, all seminars held in June will be presented in Te Reo Māori.