Our tutors are qualified, enthusiastic individuals, who have all been on their own Reo Māori journey. We are humbled to be able to share the language and culture with you.

All our tutors are proficient at teaching over the range of Cultureflow® platforms, ensuring your personal reo Māori journey flows.

Stevie Thocolich (BA Māori)

He uri tēnei nō ngā kāwai heke o Waikato.

He pīrere nō te Kōhanga Reo, he hua nō te Kura Kaupapa Māori, he manu tāiko nō te Wharekura. 

I am a product of my ancestors, my family and my culture. Te Reo Māori is my passion and I am blessed to have an opportunity to share it with the world!

Nāku iti nei,

Karepe McDonald (BA Māori Honours)

Based in Kirikiriroa/Tāmaki Makaurau

Ngati Porou, Uepohatu, Kahungunu

​Quals: Bachelor of Arts in Te Reo Maori with Honours 2021
Aspiration in life: Kia whakaeatia ai waku wawata me nga hiahia kua mahue mai nei i waku matua tipuna, kare i ko atu, kare i ko mai. 

Jason Fox (LLB; BA Māori)

Te Tiriti o Waitangi lens - Based Nationwide

Cultureflow Co-Founder
Ngā Ruahine, Taranaki Whānui

Jason graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a Bachelors in Māori and LLB conjoint, before joining the Māori Legal Service and working with New Zealand’s pre-eminent Treaty rights lawyer, Dr Moana Jackson for five years. He then went on to co-found Cultureflow with Sarah Reo, and helped to build the world’s first te reo Māori commercial software product. In 2009 Jason stepped away from Cultureflow, and became the only Māori Chief Executive to lead three tribal entities in Aotearoa: Ngāti Whātua, Te Roroa and Taranaki Whānui. As well as his Cultureflow mahi, Jason continues to serve in various governance and advisor roles across both Government and Māori organisations, living by the mantra ‘don’t toe dip in life’.

Heather Johnson

Based in Hawke’s Bay

Heather is an experienced administrator and governance secretary spending most of her career as an Executive Administrator in the commercial and health sectors, providing high level administration and governance support to CEOs. 

More recently Heather has left the workplace and set up her own business continuing her work in administration and governance, with mahi currently undertaken administering the delivery of the Cultureflow and Orawa programmes and providing governance support across several Māori organisations.

Heather sees her mahi as a privilege, endeavouring to work to the highest standards with accountability and integrity, inspired daily by the communities she serves, her family, children, and grandchildren.

Shanandore Brown

Tutor

Papaki tū ana ngā tai ki Mauao. Ka tū tonu a Mauao. Ka tū tonu te reo Māori. I tīmata au te ako te 

reo Māori i te tau 2002 ki te taha a Marama Furlong mā ki Te Kuratini o Poike ki Tauranga. I taua 

wā whai aui tētahi tohu pūtaiao. Kātahi ka neke ki te ako i te reo hei ākonga wā kī ki roto i Te 

Ataarangi, noho ki reira mō ngā tau e toru. E rua āku whāinga. Ko tētahi te whakanui te taiao,

pūtaiao. Ko tērā atu te whakamana tō tātou reo. He hiahia nōku te ariari ērā

atu e kimi hoki tō tātou reo hei tautoko ki tautoko hei koha.

Shanandore began her Reo Māori journey in 2002, with the assistance of Marama Furlong and 

others from Te Kuratini o Poike in Tauranga. Shanandore has also studied Te Ataarangi, and 

enjoyed that journey for 3 years. As a scientist, Shanandore has two passions - the environment/ 

biology, and Te Reo Māori. We are so proud to have her onboard!

Cecelia Parcher

Tutor Administrator



Cecelia Parcher is an Administrative Assistant here at Cultureflow, as well as attending an accounting program. She is from La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. Cecelia moved to New Zealand mid September of 2023, and is currently located in Hawkes Bay. While excitedly learning about the culture and Te reo Māori, she is also exploring the country in her free time. 

Sarah Reo M.N.Z.M

(BA Māori; LLB; MBA; Fulbright Scholar)

Te Ao Māori lens - Based Nationwide

Cultureflow Co-Founder

Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Rangi, Kai Tahu, Muaupoko
Sarah Reo is a pa kid from Pakipaki. A law and arts graduate from Victoria University in Wellington, she has focused on small business enterprise for the past 20 years. As a mother of two fully grown children, Sarah accepted the NZ Fulbright Platinum Triangle business scholarship in 2015, and completed an Executive MBA as a Fulbright Scholar in 2017. She was welcomed as a member of the NZ Order of Merit in 2018, for her work in education and Te Reo Māori. She now serves as a Trustee on two Iwi Boards, as well as one Crown Entity and believes Te Reo Māori is a gift left by our tipuna for all to enjoy. Sarah welcomes constant learning, and is nervously revisiting her own Reo Māori journey after having left it for some time. Mauriora.

“We laugh together while sharing, learning and celebrating Te Reo Māori. Our focus is to Manaaki your journey, so engaging with Reo and Tikanga Māori is enjoyable and fun”

​Sarah Reo, Cultureflow Co-Founder