I pakeke mai a Te Aorere ki Te Papaioea, he mea rumaki ki Te Reo i te Kōhanga Reo me te Kura Kaupapa (Te Kura Kaupapa o Mana Tamariki), ā, nō te ekenga ki te 13 o ngā tau kātahi anō ka tīmata tāna ako i te reo Pākehā. I kuraina a Te Aorere ki te Whare Wānanga o Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, ka tutuki ko te Tohu Paetahi (Māori me te Pāpāho) me te Tohu Paerua, ko te kaupapa ko ngā Pāpāho Māori, ka eke nei ki ngā hōnore taumata tuatahi, ā, kua tīmata te whai i te Tohu Kairangi. He mahi hauraro tāna mahi mā Pouaka Whakaata Māori, ā, e hau nei ōna rongo i te ao pae pāpāho pāpori nā tōna kaha ki te whakatairanga i te reo me te Māoritanga ki TikTok me te Paeāhua. Hai tā Te Aorere, he wāhi nui kai ngā pūrākau matihiko hai haumanu i te reo Māori mō ngā rangatahi e whakamahi nei i te pae pāpāho pāpori.

Te Aorere grew up in Palmerston North, immersed in Te Reo through Kōhanga Reo and Kura Kaupapa Māori (Te Kura Kaupapa o Mana Tamariki), then at the age of 13, started learning English.  Te Aorere went to Massey University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Māori Studies and Media Studies) and has completed his master’s degree researching Māori broadcasting and was lucky enough to get first-class honours, now he is doing his PhD. He has been a subtitler for Māori TV programs and is a Social Media star promoting Te Reo and Māoritanga on TikTok and Instagram.  Te Aorere sees digital storytelling as partly responsible for keeping te reo alive, especially for our rangatahi by using social platforms.