Wairere Pene- Kaiako Te Ūpoko o te Ika a Maui

Ko Tainui te waka

Ko Waikato te awa

He uri au o Ngāti Wairere, Ko Ngāti Maniapoto, Ko Ngāti Raukawa, Ko Ngā Puhi hoki

I whānau mai au i raro ia Pukemokemoke te maunga

Ko Tauhei tōku marae

Ko Maramatutahi te wharenui

I tupu ake au ki te whenua o Mōrenawhira

Nō Titahi bay au e noho ana

Ko Wairere Pene tōku ingoa

Wairere has courageously been daring to do things differently, as a creative contributor to all kaupapa she dances between weaving possibilities grounded in her Māoritanga. She works intuitively across practices including ako, wānanga, pure & tohi (ritual and ceremony), toi, and spatial design. Ideas are composed in metaphor, symbolism and the use of modern and traditional materials and methods. The role she takes as kaiako is where experiential learning and the concept of ako flourish and cultivates the inherent skills of rangatahi to action change within their communities with a focus on ‘Ko wai koe’, identity. Wairere’s creative life is guided by being intrinsically part of the real nature of things.