Stacey Morrison

Aotearoa New Zealand

Stacey Morrison (Ngāi Tahu, Te arawa waka) is an author, translator and broadcaster who hails from Christchurch, the iwi of Ngāi Tahu and is a proud alumni of Aranui High School, which played a huge role in her finding her passion as a broadcaster.

Stacey and her husband Scotty learned te reo Māori as young adults, eventually raising three tamariki with te reo Māori as their first languae. The couple then co-wrote Māori at Home to help other families use te reo in everyday settings, and Stacey's first children's book, My First Words in Māori, became a number-one bestseller. She has since co-authored My First Words about Tikanga Māori and Kia Kaha: A storybook of Māori who changed the world with Jeremy Sherlock, which won NZ Booklover's Best Children's Book and a Storylines Notable Non-fiction Award.

As a winner of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori Champion Award in 2016, and the winner of Waipunarangi - Te Reo and Tikanga Award 2021, as well as a graduate of Te Panekiretanga o te Reo (the Institute of Excellence in Māori Language), Stacey loves encouraging the learning and use of our country’s beautiful native language. A lifelong learner, Stacey is currently combining various contract roles with studying for a Masters of Technological futures.

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