Professor Tānia M. Ka’ai (Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Wheke, Ngāi Tahu, Hawaii) is Director of Te Ipukarea – The National Māori Language Institute and Director of Te Whare o Rongomaurikura – The International Centre for Language Revitalisation at Te Ara Poutama, Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Development, Auckland University of Technology. Throughout her academic career and in her personal and community life, Professor Ka’ai has had on ongoing focus on te reo Māori.