Mīria Simpson
Nō Ngāti Awa a Mīria Simpson, 80 tōna pakeke ka mate atu i te tau 2002, he aha koa, i utaina kētia e ia tōna mana whakaharahara me tōna ngākaunui kia tika te kawe i te reo Maori i runga i ngā kaupapa pērā i Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau me Ko Papatuanuku e Takoto Nei.
Ko tōna ingoa kārangaranga ko ‘Te Taniwha Nama Tahi’, he whakatinanatanga tēnei o tōna ātete ki te reo ngoikore – ahakoa reo Maori, reo Ingarihi. Ko ōna hoa mahi nō mua i mahara pai ki a ia ki te ingoa Aunty Mīria.
He mema i roa tana mahi mō Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, he pou mātanga mātāmua i te Whare Pukapuka o Alexander Turnbull, ko te whare kei te pupuri i te nui o ngā kōrero ā-tuhi, ā-waha hoki i te reo Maori. I mōhio whānuitia ia mō āna mahi hei kaiwhakawhiti reo, hei kaiwhakamāori, hei ētita, hei kaituhituhi hoki pērā i te pukapuka Nga Tohu o Te Tiriti: Making a Mark (1990).