Karyn TattersfieldKaryn Tattersfield

Karyn has qualifications in sociology and journalism and a career spanning the public and private sectors in New Zealand, the UK and Australia. She is co-director of Social Effect, a communications agency specialising in community campaigns for NGOs and social enterprise.

The lasting legacy of a Pākehā teacher who believed in the power of te reo Māori

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At the beginning of Te Wiki o Te Reo 2018, a new app was launched that translated images into Māori. Karyn Tattersfield looks at the legacy of John Moorfield ‘s famous dictionary, and the revolutionary new technology of Kupu.  The extent of the late Professor John Moorfield’s impact on te reo Māori is hard to quantify. … Read more