. . . . . . . . . . . . "1112247977"^^ . . "Koro Dewes"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Te Kapunga Matemoana \"Koro\" Dewes (7 April 1930 \u2013 17 August 2010) was a kaum\u0101tua of the Ng\u0101ti Porou iwi of New Zealand. He was a pioneer of M\u0101ori education and an advocate for the M\u0101ori language. Dewes attended Horoera Native Primary School and won a scholarship to Wesley College, where he became dux and head prefect. He went to Ardmore Teachers' College (now part of the University of Auckland) in 1949 and taught at Tikitiki District High School and Anglican M\u0101ori boarding school. From 1962 to 1966, he lectured in the University Extension Department (adult education) of the University of Auckland, and then was appointed as a lecturer in M\u0101ori language at the Victoria University of Wellington. At Wellington, he helped to extend courses to allow students to complete a degree major in M\u0101ori language. He wrote a master's thesis on the work of composer , which was submitted in M\u0101ori in 1972. The title of the master's thesis was Ng\u0101 waiata haka a Henare Waitoa o Ng\u0101ti Porou (modern dance- poetry by Henare Waitoa of Ng\u0101ti Porou). He was awarded an honorary doctorate of literature (DLitt) by Victoria in 2002. Dewes returned to the East Cape area in 1976, where in 1987 he helped form , an organisation which has championed and facilitated a strategic vision for the Ng\u0101ti Porou. M\u0101ori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples said Dewes \"was a partisan rather than a diplomat\" who \"has been an inspiration for language activists from every iwi, and for indigenous peoples around the world.\""@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "28416550"^^ . . . . . . . . "Te Kapunga Matemoana \"Koro\" Dewes (7 April 1930 \u2013 17 August 2010) was a kaum\u0101tua of the Ng\u0101ti Porou iwi of New Zealand. He was a pioneer of M\u0101ori education and an advocate for the M\u0101ori language. Dewes attended Horoera Native Primary School and won a scholarship to Wesley College, where he became dux and head prefect. He went to Ardmore Teachers' College (now part of the University of Auckland) in 1949 and taught at Tikitiki District High School and Anglican M\u0101ori boarding school. From 1962 to 1966, he lectured in the University Extension Department (adult education) of the University of Auckland, and then was appointed as a lecturer in M\u0101ori language at the Victoria University of Wellington. At Wellington, he helped to extend courses to allow students to complete a degree major in M\u0101ori "@en . . . . "4428"^^ . . . . . . . . . .