Jason King

Ko Tainui te waka
Ko Waikato te iwi
Ko Ngāti Mahuta te hapū
Ko Te Koraha te marae
Ko Tahāroa te papakāinga

I tupu ai a Jason i te rekereke o ōna mātua, o ōna tūpuna ki roto o Tahāroa, ki Kāwhia, ana, nō Waikato, nō Ngāti Mahuta ki te hauāuru ia.

E ngākaunui ana a Jason ki ngā āhuatanga o te reo Māori, ka mutu, nō ngā rangapū tautahi ia o Te Panekiretanga o te Reo Māori. Te aumangea o te tangata nei ki tōna reo Māori, nā whai anō ia e tōmau ana ki āna mahi tito waiata hei huarahi whakaputa i tōna reo Māori.

I kuraina e ia ki Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, ki reira riro i a ia tana tohu whakaako i te tau 1994, tōna Tohu Paetahi ki te reo Māori me te Mātauranga i te tau 1995. He mea whiwhi tōna Tohu Paerua i te tau 2003. He pūkenga matua ia i Te Ara Poutama, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki-makau-rau.