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Hemi Kelly (Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Tahu, Ngati Whaoa) is a full-time lecturer in te reo Māori at the Auckland University of Technology, and a licensed translator and graduate of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo/The Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language. In 2017, Hemi translated Witi Ihimaera’s novella  Sleeps StandingA Māori Word a Day is his first book.

Hemi Kelly (Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Tahu, Ngati Whaoa) is a full-time lecturer in te reo Māori at the Auckland University of Technology, and a licensed translator and graduate of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo/The Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language. In 2017, Hemi translated Witi Ihimaera’s novella  Sleeps StandingA Māori Word a Day is his first book.

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