Māpuna for Saturday 6 August 2022
Maori Businesswoman of the Year
Photo: Reni Wereta-Gargiulo
Reni Wereta-Gargiulo has won the Supreme Award at the Maori Businesswoman Awards with her business KiwiKai Nelson. Inspired by whanau recipes around kai moana she tells the story behind its success.
Storing whakapapa online
A new online tool, Ahau, has been developed to enable Maori to store information about their ancestry. Kaye-Maree Dunn is the founding director of Ahau and says information about whakapapa is tapu and needs to be handled carefully. She says the company would also like to see other indigenous communities around the world adopt the software.
Sports writer Simnikiwe Xabanisa on Springboks underdog mentality
Photo: Photosport
The pressure on the All Blacks leading into Sunday morning's test match in South Africa is well known but what's the atmosphere like among the Springboks and their supporters? Sports writer Simnikiwe Xabanisa has covered the Boks for 20 years and he says the team often play at their best when they're underdogs. But what's his view now that New Zealand is seen as the side less likely to win? And how are the Springboks faring under the leadership of Siya Kolisi and the efforts to transform the racial make-up of the national team?
