Peter Dowling – He Kaiwhakaū, He Kaiwhakaputa
peter@oratia.co.nz
He kaiwhakaputa motuhake nō te 2008, ko Peter Dowling te Kaiwhakahaere Whakaputa o mua o Reed Publishing (Aotearoa), ā, he ringa takatā pukapuka, mōheni hoki i Hapani me Peretānia. He ringa takatā, he kaituhi anō hoki i Āhia, i Amerika ki te Tonga, i ngā Moutere-a-Kiwa, kua āwhina nuitia e tōna mōhio ki te reo Ingarihi, te reo Wīwī, te reo Pāniora, te reo Potukara, te reo Itariana, te reo Hapanihi, te reo Māori hoki. Tupu ake ai i Ōtautahi, kua riro i a Peter he tāhū paerua (MA, Hons), he tohu MBA (tohu teitei) hoki. He kanohi kitea i ngā
hokohoko me ngā hui taumata pukapuka o tāwāhi, ko Peter te perehitini me te kaikaunihera tāwāhi o mua o Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ), ko ia hoki te kaihautū o Te Pōtiki National Trust (Māori Maps).
Alessandra Zecchini – He Kaiwhakahaere Arapāho
alessandra@oratia.co.nz
Whānau mai ai i Milan, ā, ako ai i Itari me Peretānia, ko tō Alessandra takenga ko te hoahoa, ko ngā reo anō hoki. Ko tāna he whakahaere i ngā ratonga tuhinga, ratonga pāhopori, ratonga matihiko hoki mā Oratia. He kaituhi a Alessandra o ngā pukapuka tao kai huhua, he mema, he kaiako hoki o te Dante Alighieri Society o Tāmaki-makaurau, ā, he kaiwhakaū hoki o te Ahurei Itariana o Tāmaki-
makaurau me te Slow Food Waitakere (ināianei ko Slow Food Auckland). He kōrero Itariana, Ingarihi, Hapanihi, Pāniora hoki, ā, e ako ana i te reo Māori. I te 2018, i whakawhiwhia e Perehitini Sergio Mattarella te Tohu o te Whetū o Itaria ki a Alessandra mō āna mahi mō te ahurea Itariana me ngā whanaungatanga ki Aotearoa.
Carolyn Lagahetau – He Kaiwhakahaere Ētita
carolyn@oratia.co.nz
Ka noho a Carolyn (Niue, Aotearoa) i Oratia, he Kaiwhakahaere Ētita o mua o Reed Publishing (Aotearoa), neke atu i te ngahuru tau ia e mahi ana i reira mutu ana tana tohu paetahi Ingarihi. He ringa takatā tautōhito, kua whakahaerehia e hia rau kaupapa, ko tā Carolyn tohungatanga ko ngā pukapuka tamariki me ngā pukapuka pikitia, ā, ka whai hoki ia i tāna e ngākaunui ai, ko te ahurea me te hītori o ngā Moutere-a-Kiwa hei kaiwhakaputa o te huinga pukapuka Moana Oceania. He poutarahiti o Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki, ā, he mema hoki o te Komiti Whāiti o He Tākupu Kanorau o Te Rau o Tākupu.
Belinda Cooke – He Kaiwhakahaere Hokohoko,
Whakatairanga
belinda@oratia.co.nz
Mutu ana te kura me tana mahi tuatahi i Awherika ki te Tonga, he 16 tau a Belinda e mahi ana hei Kaihautū Whakahaere o New Holland Publishers (Aotearoa), i reira whanake ai he rārangi pukapuka angitu o ngā pukapuka kōrero pono o Aotearoa, ā, i whakakanohi hoki i ētahi umanga tāwāhi whakahirahira. Ināianei ka whakahaere a Belinda i tāna ake umanga mātanga i Devonport, Tāmaki-makaurau, mā konā e hou mai ai ōna mōhiotanga hei kaiwhakahaere hokohoko, whakatairanga hangere. He mema o te hapori whakaputa pukapuka, he Kaiwhakahaere hoki a Belinda o Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau Hiringa, he kaikaunihera hoki o PANZ i tōna wā me ētahi anō tūranga rāngai kua mau i a ia.
Frances Chan – He Ringa Takatā Matua
frances@oratia.co.nz
Kua 25 tau a Frances e mahi ana hei ringa takatā pukapuka, mōheni hoki, ko tana tohungatanga ko ngā pukapuka tamariki kōrero paki, kōrero pono engari hoki ko te hoahoa, ko te hoahoa whare, ko te tipiwhenua, ko ngā puoro hoki. Nō muri mai i tana mahi tuatahi i te mōheni RTR Countdown, i mahi a Frances i Scholastic, Pearson, PQ Blackwell, Bauer, Fairfax, Weldon Owen me Cambridge University Press, me ētahi anō. Kua whakaputaina hoki e rua āna ake pukapuka tamariki. Ko ia te kaihautū wahine tuatahi o te hōtaka Jazz Show 95bFM i ngā ngahurutau 90, he tūranga kua hahu ake ā mohoa nei.
Hirini Tane – Kaiārahi
hirini@oratia.co.nz
Hirini (Ngāti Kawa, Ngāti Rāhiri) holds a doctorate in Māori Studies from the University of Otago Te Whare Wānanga o Otākou. Based in Ōtepoti/Dunedin, he is a principal of independent Māori research organisation Takarangi Research, and kaiwhakahaere of the Māori Maps social enterprise. A fluent speaker of te reo Māori, he guides Oratia’s work in relation to te reo, tikanga and mātauranga.
Ella Fischer – He Ringa Takatā Tuarua
ella@oratia.co.nz
Tūturu nō Tulln, Ateria, i riro i a Ella he tohu paetahi mō te Whakataurite
Mātākōrero i Wiena, i mahi i Wīwī me Rānana i mua i tana hūnukutanga mai ki Aotearoa. Kua mahi ia i konei hei kaiako reo, hei kaituhi, hei kaitohu whakatairanga/whakawhitiwhiti, ā, ko ia te Mātanga Rangapūtanga Whakaputanga kei ngā Whare Pukapuka Kaunihera o Tāmaki-makaurau. He matatau a Ella ki ngā reo Tiamani, reo Ingarihi hoki, ā, e mōhio ana ki te reo Māori, te reo Wīwī me te reo Rātini.
Cheryl Smith, Macarn – Kaihoahoa
Ko Cheryl Smith o Macarn Design tā mātou kaihoahoa taunoa nō te tīmatanga rā anō o Oratia i te 2009. I mua ko ia te Kaihoahoa Matua i Reed Publishing (Aotearoa). Nō Taranaki, ā, e noho ana ināianei i Silverdale, Tāmaki-makaurau, ko tā Cheryl he tuku ratonga hoahoa ki ngā kaiwhakaputa maha o Aotearoa.
Sarah Elworthy – Kaihoahoa
Ko Sarah Elworthy he kaihoahoa e whakaaro nuitia ana, neke atu i te 20 tau ōna wheako i te rāngai whakaputa. Kua hoahoa pukapuka pakeke, pukapuka tamariki hoki mā ngā kaiwhakaputa nui o Aotearoa, o Peretānia hoki, tae atu ki Te Papa Press, Penguin Random House, Cambridge University Press hoki. E noho ana i Greenhithe, Tāmaki-makaurau, ko tā Sarah he tō mai i tōna pūmanawa hoahoa ki ngā pukapuka huhua a Oratia.
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