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Helena Stevens - Secretary

Pepeha ki te taha ki taku mama
Ko Tainui te waka.
Ko Waikato Maniapoto te iwi.
Ko John Turner raua ko Martha Turner oku Tupuna.
Ko Audrey Stevens (Turner) taku mama.
Ko Helena Stevens ahau


Pepeha ki te taha ki taku papa
Ko ngatokimatawhaoroa te waka
Ko Ngapuhi Nui tonu te iwi
Ko Ngati Wharara te hapu
Ko Whiria te maunga
Ko Hokianga te Moana
Ko Kokohuia taku Marae
Ko Wiremu Te Whata te Tupuna
Ko Geoff Tipene taku papa
Ko Helena Stevens ahau.

Quick facts
• Name: Helena Stevens
• Born: 9th August 1973
• Grew up: Manurewa
• Whanau: Partner of 13years Alec Evans, 2 children Karlin-Chase Te Wairua Evans aged 9 years and Karma-Lee, Tina, Te Kohine Manawa Evans aged 2 years.
• Siblings: I have 2 brothers Jason and Geoffrey, and a little sister April.
• Mahi: Kaiako Matua ki Te Timatatanga Kohanga Reo.

Mahi history
• Started at Te Timatatanga Kohanga Reo as a kaiawhina in 1993 at the age of 19 going on 20. Had very little Te Reo Maori when I started.
• I have learn't how to korero and understand Te Reo Maori through being at Te Timatatanga Kohanga Reo for the past 14 years.
• I set myself a goal to be qualified at 25years old in the pakeha sector. And by the age of 30 be qualified in the Kohanga Reo kaupapa.
• I achieved both by the age of 28.

Vision for the marae
• My vision for the Manurewa Marae: kia whakakotahi te tangata (to unite the people), and bring them into the world of light, knowledge and understanding.

Te Manu kai I te Miro Nona te Ngahere, Te Manu kai I te Matauranga Nona te Ao,
(The bird that partakes of the Miro, reigns the forest:The bird that partakes of knowledge, reigns the world!)