Tākuta Huirangi Waikerepuru
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Ko tōna ōhaki, 'Kei te hiahia au kia tū angitū te katoa ō Aotearoa, ki te kōrero i te reo Māori, te reo Pākehā hoki kia kounga te rere o ngā reo e rua.'
Ko Huirangi Waikerepuru te poutokomanawa i hāpai i te kaupapa, kia tautokona te whakarauoratanga o te reo Māori e te Kāwanatanga.
He uri a Huirangi Waikerepuru nō Ngāpuhi, nō Ngāti Ruanui hoki. I whāngaihia ia e ōna kaumātua i Hāwera, i Taiporohēnui, i Ōhāngai hoki.
I whakawhiwhia a ia ki te Tākutatanga Hōnoretanga i Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato i te tau 1995, i tohua hei Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit hoki i te tau 2014, ā i whakawhiwhia hoki ki te Tohu Oranga Angitu i Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2016. He mema oranga ia o te rōpū Tertiary Education Union, he Kaumātua hoki mō te New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.
Ko tōna ōhākī, ‘'Kei te hiahia au kia eke te katoa o Aotearoa ki tōna tino teitei, kia kōrero i te reo Māori, i te reo Pākehā hoki, kia rerehua ngā reo e rua.’
Ko Huirangi Waikerepuru tētahi o ngā toa whakaū i te tokomaha kia kōrero i te reo Māori i ngā wāhi katoa i ngā wā katoa.