Robert Pouwhare | Ngāti Haka, Tūhoe

Kua 43 ngā tau e mahi ana a Robert Pouwhare (Ngāti Haka, Tūhoe) hei kaitohu, hei tumu whakaputa pouaka whakaata, he kaihanga taupānga ōna whēako i te ao pāpāho.  

Nāna i whakaputa, i rangahau, i kaitohu ngā kiriata maha, ngā hotaka rangatahi, pakiwaituhi tāoreore hākoritanga ahurua/ahutoru (2D, 3D). He kaitito waiata pūoro hoki ia mō ngā waiata neke atu i te 50 mā ngā kōhungahunga o Te Kōhanga Reo mō runga pouaka whakaata, i runga i te ngākau titikaha ki te whakarauora i te reo.  

Ko ia tētahi o te Manatōpu Te Reo Māori i whakatakoto i te Petihana mō Te Reo i te tau 1972 ki te pāremata. Mai reira ka uru te reo ki ngā kura, ki runga  reo irirangi me te pouaka whakaata – ko ia tētahi i timata i te raupapa hōtaka Māori tuatahi a Koha i 1980. Ka tau te Ture Reo Maori 1987 ka tū a Whakaata Māori I 2004.  

He kaiwhakamāori ā-tuhi, ā-waha ia mō Te Puna i Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori.