Eda Tang
A personal message from Eda:
Ko Pupuke te wai tuatahi i kaukau au.
Kua ruia taku kākano i te whenua o Tāmaki, nō te mana whenua Ngāti Whatua, nō reira tipua ai.
E tau ana tōku waka, ko Rererangi Marehia, ki Tāmaki Herenga Waka.
I tūātia au e tōku iwi Haina ko Te Tamaiti o Tuarangi. Anei ko Eda Tang.
It's my honour to lead the new rōpū waiata at Selwyn Community Education to help provide an access point into te reo Māori and tirohanga Māori. I am on my own reo Māori journey and I share the responsibility of all kaiako to pass down the mātauranga that waiata carry.
About Eda:
Eda Tang is a journalist and TV writer. She was a Pou Tiaki journalist at Stuff NZ, telling stories of te ao Māori and other underrepresented communities. Currently she is the co-writer and co-host of Āku Hapa! a TV show on Whakaata Māori that uses cooking as the waka of speaking te reo Māori in a fearless and hapa-embracing way. Eda is currently studying a Level 6 Diploma in Te Reo Māori.
Eda taught music at Mid Bays Music School for six years and was also the Assistant Director of the school for three years. She passed Trinity's Grade 8 Flute exam with distinction and plays various instruments. Eda has a love for learning and teaching waiata Māori and sharing her lifelong love for music with others.
