Te Kete Kōrero amped for another year
Te Kete Kōrero are looking at rebuilding and integrating more students in next year’s edition of the student run magazine.
The group are currently in the stages of discussing as a team how they’re going to move forward with next year’s edition.
Managing editor and Media Arts Kaiāwhina, Kahurangi Waititi, wants more students involved in the magazine bringing what they love and want to talk about, making a good foundation to the content within Te Kete Kōrero.
“For next year it will be about rebuilding as we’re losing quite a lot of senior members this year. We’ll be looking to integrate more students that want to be involved.
“We want people to bring what they love and what they want to talk about into the publication.” Waititi said.
Current editor and sub-editor, Donna-Lee Biddle, will stand down making way for writer, Jason Renes, to take on the role.
Donna-Lee Biddle has been a part of the magazine since the creation, and has since then noticed the progress within the team and publications.
“I’m graduating this year, so we’re looking at Jason Renes taking over as editor.
“I think I’d like it to be larger, but in order for that to happen we’d have to have more people on board.” Biddle said.
Writer for the magazine, Naomi Mai, hopes to give Māori and Pacifika students a voice by contributing news that may not be newsworthy to a mainstream audience but interesting to a Te Kete Kōrero audience.
Mai has enjoyed collaborating with other Māori and Pacifika students about something they’re passionate about and the growth within the publication and team members.
“Since I have been working on the magazine, which is just in the last two years, I have seen it grow from strength to strength in its design, content and promotion.
“I would like to see Wintec play a more proactive role in promoting Te Kete Kōrero to a broader audience. In comparison, I see the University of Waikato’s ‘Nexus’ magazine in abundance around campus, but have seen very few copies of Te Kete Kōrero.” Mai said.
The magazine started in 2013 and has since then published 3 editions of the publication and currently in the process of creating the 4th edition.
