Reo Māori Mai

Great delivery style. Mixture of fun, history, serious content and games. Can recommend to any businesses thinking about jumping on this journey. From the perspective of someone for whom this is their first experience of learning te reo, I feel we are moving at a good pace and I am personally starting to understand things in a broader sense. Tāniora creates a captivating, encouraging, engaging and comfortable learning environment.

– Geoff Taylor, Sharepoint Snr Systems Analyst, Fulton Hogan

The pace of each lesson/workshop is great, while the kupu focus for each week is very relevant for me and my students. Having opportunities to practice my pronunciation of the weekly kupu is so beneficial and it's great to be able to do this in a supportive environment. Lucy is very positive and passionate and communicates well with the group.

- Kaiako, Te Hū o Kākāpōtahi Kāhui Ako

Catherine’s teaching style was excellent. She was always happy to explain things further and the lessons were tailored to the group… I wasn't particularly confident in my own ability but the atmosphere of the classroom allowed me to feel confident to engage

- Kaimahi, Antarctica New Zealand

Ariana has done a superb job coaching elected Councillors and close to 100 members of staff, this includes mentoring our more advanced te reo speakers. What has resulted is a number of our people becoming extremely competent in leading our organisation in such events as marae visits, hui with our local Rūnanga, and being advocates for the use of te reo within Council. Over the last three years, we have seen a significant uplift in the use of te reo within Council, which is a great source of pride for me as Chief Executive. I have every confidence in recommending Ariana Stevens as a calm, confident, engaging, and extremely knowledgeable coach for any organisation.

- David Ward, Chief Executive, Selwyn District Council

Ariana has been our te reo advisor for over 3 years now, tailoring her classes from one-on-one sessions to interactive, fun lessons for smaller groups. Our pronunciation has improved in leaps and bounds and feel much more comfortable with our mihi, a plethora of different karakia and waiata, and general korero for day to day use.

- Kimberley Ansell, Manager @ Te Hono

We love our lessons with Ariana, She's knowledgeable, enthusiastic, patient and keeps us motivated to learn. Ariana is a great teacher - we totally recommend.

- Di Hay, Operations Manager, Venture Timaru District

Ariana's teaching style fits perfectly with workplace learning. We covered te reo basics and the confidence to speak as well as use te reo in written pieces. Just as importantly, we also covered cultural learning, stories and history, and topical issues. Coming originally from the UK, the mix of language and culture - was incredibly useful for me

- Communications Professional

We contracted Ariana to develop and deliver school Board training on Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and invited Boards from the area to join us. Ariana effectively and efficiently communicated with me to develop the course content, to meet our needs. Course participants were engaged by Ariana's expertise, love of the kaupapa and her delivery style. Overall, their feedback was that the learning was authentic and valuable. I have a lot of respect for Ariana as a facilitator of learning and recommend her to any school.

- Andy England, Principal, Greymouth High School, Mawhera Kahui Ako