Waiora Bailey Moore Photo: Supplied
Feeling the pull towards home, Waiora Bailey-Moore (Tupoho and Puketapu) returned home to Whanganui from Wellington two years ago. Working hard and living a fast-paced lifestyle in Wellington, Bailey-Moore was a youth specialist for the Wellington City Council.
But with the advent of Covid and her father, a graphic designer and entrepreneur, returning to New Zealand, she wanted to seize the opportunity and reconnect with her whanau and whakapapa through learning Te Reo and how to carve. So she moved north.
Bailey-Moore is now the Māori educator at Whanganui Regional Museum and with her interest in te reo and the arts, she can share her knowledge of taonga at the museum with tamariki and rangatahi. She supports the wider team in delivering programmes with a key focus on mātauranga Maori.
Waiora Bailey-Moore joins Culture 101 to discuss her love and interest in nurturing and educating the next generations spending her time with her Māori community in Whanganui.
