Tauranga prepares to host Te Pūtake o te Riri

This week on Māpuna we speak to Tauranga community leader Charlie Rahiri as Tauranga Moana prepares to host Te Pūtake o te Riri, the national commemorations for the New Zealand Wars. This year is the 159th anniversary of the battle of Pukehinahina (Gate Pa) where the iwi of Tauranga Moana defeated British forces, and the retribution by the British at Te Ranga. Over the next week commemorations will take place in and around Tauranga providing and opportunity for Māori and non-Māori alike to remember and reflect particularly given the development of the new Aotearoa's history curriculum.