Austin Haynes is a Pākehā scholar, Māori language translator and operatic countertenor based in Te Whanganui a Tara | Wellington. He is currently a Wellington Doctoral Scholar at Te Herenga Waka l Victoria University Wellington where he is researching a PhD thesis on the history of literary and song translation between te reo Māori and English. He is currently also translating all of Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets into te reo Māori.
He kairangahau Pākehā an Austin Haynes, he kaiwhakawhiti reo Māori, me he kai waiata ōpera anō hoki. Ināianei, e whai ana ia i tana tohu kairangi kei Te Herenga Waka e pā ana ki te hītori o te whakamāori i ngā mātātuhi me ngā kupu waiata i waenga i te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā. E mahi hoki ana ia ki te whakamāori i ngā “sonnets” katoa a Hākipia, 154 te maha.
