Shaquille Shortland, 26, affectionately known as Pā is the Founder and Director of Tūāpapa Māori Language Academy & Consultancy.

 

Pā holds many other advisory and leadership roles throughout the community, the country and the globe in his mission to re-vitalize and retain indigenous language, customs and culture.

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He values inclusion, building capacity and service to others and loves being in diverse spaces.

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"Whāngaingia te tangata, ahakoa te aha" 

(Feed the people, no matter what) - A constant saying he lives by from his Great Grandmother Mary Reihana, 89.