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How Maori could shape Aotearoa's cities
12:12 PM.The award winning architect Professor Anthony Hoete has written a chapter in a new book, Urban Aotearoa, The Future of Our Cities, and recently the Royal Society Te Aparangi made Professor Hoete a… Read more Audio
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Morgan Andrew King into semi finals of Lexus Song Quest
12:30 PM.Maori bass baritone Morgan Andrew King is one of a handful of opera singers who will compete in the Lexus Song Quest in Wellington at the end of this month. He's currently studying a postgraduate… Read more Audio
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Aotea Energy's sustainable energy could go nationwide
12:10 PM.Tama Toki is the founder of Aotea energy, which was recently awarded 50-thousand dollars to develop sustainable energy technology. The technology is especially aimed at his boyhood home, Great Barrier… Read more Audio
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Scholarship winners aim for Harvard & Yale
12:35 PM.Luke Westrupp and Jared Lasike from Rotorua Boys High School -have both won Te Ara Kupe Beaton scholarships and have set their sights on attending universities such as Harvard and Yale in the US. Audio
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Ni Dekkers Reihana to star in climate change drama
12:08 PM.The play Scenes from the Climate Era by Australian playwright David Finnegan is being adapted for New Zealand audiences. It will have a cast of five, who will play 43 different characters from… Read more Audio
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Mapuna
12:15 PM.Michael Jonathan has directed the major motion picture, Ka Whawhai Tonu, about the Battle of Orakau in 1864. The film features direct descendants of Maori who fought at Orakau and a promising young… Read more Audio
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Mapuna Ka Whawhai Tonu
12:10 PM.Michael Jonathan has directed the major motion picture, Ka Whawhai Tonu, about the Battle of Orakau in 1864. The film features direct descendants of Maori who fought at Orakau and a promising young… Read more Audio
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Award winning architect Nicholas Dalton
12:10 PM.Mapuna is at the Auckland offices of the leading Maori architect, Nicholas Dalton, and the firm he founded, TOA. Among its many achievements are the award winning Te Taumata O Kupe, the multi-coloured… Read more Audio
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Masterchef winner Karena Bird
12:30 PM.Karena Bird won the MasterChef competition alongside her sister Kasey and since then the pair have travelled to at least 50 destinations around the world learning about food and culture. Recently the… Read more Audio
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Te Ohorere Williams, I'd love to sing at New York's Metropolitan Opera
12:10 PM.Te Ohorere Williams is a classical soprano who recently graduated with a Masters of Music at Auckland University. She was first drawn to opera while watching a performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute… Read more Audio
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The history of Moteatea
12:30 PM.Julian Wilcox hosts a korero about moteatea - chanted song poetry - which will feature in a new podcast series to be hosted by Crystal Edwards and will also include Ngahiwi Apanui Barr, who's the… Read more Audio
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Mapuna June 1
12:00 PM.Julian Wilcox is joined by Marlon Williams who won best solo artist at Thursday's Aotearoa Music Awards. The Ngai Tahu singer-songwriter beat the likes of Stan Walker, Princess Chelsea and Kaylee… Read more Audio
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Mapuna for 25 May 2024
12:00 PM.Ngai Tahu academic Matthew Scobie has co-written a new book with Anna Sturman from the University of Sydney, called The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation in which they write 'the future of… Read more Audio
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Ria Hall on her bid for the Tauranga Mayoralty
12:40 PM.Tauranga has been without an elected council for four years and earlier this week singer-songwriter Ria Hall put her hat in the ring for the position of Mayor. Those elected this year will serve for… Read more Audio
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Koro Nicholas talks about the new documentary
12:15 PM.Last week saw the 160th anniversary of the battle of Pukehinahina Gate Pā and coinciding with the anniversary was the release of the documentary NZ Wars Stories of Tauranga Moana the 5th in a series… Read more Audio
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Maori talent alongside Booker & Pulitzer prize winners
12:10 PM.The Auckland Writers Festival starts on May 14. Its promotional push highlights a roll-call of talent from across the arts; Booker prize winner for 2023, Paul Lynch, actor Sam Neill, musician Troy… Read more Audio
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Sandy Adsett: 'If I paint by numbers it's no good'
12:12 PM.Over the past 60 years Maoridom has produced many prominent artists and one who definitely belongs in that category is Sandy Adsett, although he prefers to see himself as a painter. He says he's… Read more Audio
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Maori art pioneer Fred Graham
12:10 PM.Mapuna visits Maori artist Fred Graham at his home in Waiuku at the lower reaches of the Manukau Harbour. He was part of a generation of young Maori artists who emerged after World War Two who forged… Read more Audio
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Food sovereignty & whole snapper with marmite sauce
12:18 PM.Mapuna takes a look at the growing and eating of kai with Dr Jessica Hutchings from the Papawhakaritorito Charitable Trust and chef Kia Kanuta. Next week the trust will hold a three-day wananga in… Read more Audio
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Mapuna for 30 March 2024
12:10 PM.Mapuna for 30 March 2024. Audio
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20 years of Whakaata Maori
12:10 PM.Mapuna looks back at 20 years of Whakaata Maori with CEO, Shane Taurima, and Ngatapa Black who was a young production assistant back in 2004 who then went on to do "a gazillion" different jobs at the… Read more Audio
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Mapuna A celebration of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa at 80
12:10 PM.Mapuna takes an in-depth look at the career and influence of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa who turned 80 earlier this month. Vocal coach Robert Wiremu talks about her impact on his early singing career and the… Read more Audio
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Mapuna Stacey Jones
12:10 PM.As a player Stacey Jones was known as the 'Little General' and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of New Zealand rugby league across club and international competitions… Read more Audio
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Aotearoa's long history with wool and blankets
12:10 PM.For the past 200 years blankets have formed part of Aotearoa's history, part of our early trade, providing warmth and comfort during the New Zealand Wars and for our soldiers fighting overseas during… Read more Audio
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A week long wananga about opera
12:10 PM.In April New Zealand Opera will hold a week long wananga at Waikato University with an open invitation to Aotearoa's story tellers to embrace one of music's most challenging genres. Could one of them… Read more Audio