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Ta Tipene O'Regan on monarchy, identity & Aotearoa New Zealand
12:12 PM.Mapuna is in Otautahi-Christchurch to meet Ta Tipene O'Regan, who was named New Zealander of the year for 2022. As a leader of Ngai Tahu, he was crucial in securing the iwi's treaty settlement in the… Read more Audio
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Will Maori become tenants in their own land by 2061?
12:45 PM.Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman was recently at Harvard University and his studies include indigenous relationships to the land and environment. He says in Aotearoa 71 per cent of Maori owned homes in 1936… Read more Audio
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Ocean going waka soon to depart Tauranga
12:10 PM.The ocean going waka Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti is scheduled to depart Tauranga on Monday for a trip around part of the North Island. The crew have been trained by celestial navigator Jack Thatcher who has… Read more Audio
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The debates were fierce and now 'they've mellowed'
12:40 PM.Chris Wikaira was the Maori Issues correspondent at RNZ in the late 1990s. He says the panel discussion featured some of the big players from the 1990s but now 'they've mellowed' because the debates… Read more Audio
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30th anniversary of the Sealords Deal
12:12 PM.This week was 30 years since the signing of the Maori Fisheries Settlement. In this special episode of Mapuna we reflect on three decades since that signing on the 23rd of September 1992. Read more Audio
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Research on St Joseph's unearths diaries dating back to 1901
12:45 PM.The launch of Malcolm Mulholland's book was held in St Joseph's school hall with students performing several waiata. A tribute was also paid to 90-year old Sister Sarah Greenlees who helped uncover… Read more Audio
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Dame Georgina Kingi
12:12 PM.Today Mapuna features St Joseph's Maori Girls College in the Hawkes Bay which is the subject of a comprehensive new book by Malcolm Mulholland. But no story about St Joseph's can be told without… Read more Audio
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Author Tim Tipene on his books and the struggle for acceptance
12:45 PM.Tim Tipene has written children's books around two characters called Pipi and Pou. Tipene was adopted into the Waitai-Tipene whanau as a toddler. His immediate family were abusive and violent and his… Read more Audio
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Director Tearepa Kahi on his path to new film Muru
12:12 PM.Tearepa Kahi's previous films include Taua, Mt Zion and Poi E. He says some of the inspiration behind his new film Muru, about the police raids on the people of Tuhoe in 2007, was learnt from Maori… Read more Audio
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Campaign targets high stomach cancer rates
12:45 PM.The Gut Cancer Foundation is calling for specific research to pinpoint and address the factors behind stubbornly high rates of stomach cancer in in Maori and Pasifika communities. The Cancer Control… Read more Audio
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Veteran Maori broadcaster, artist and teacher Haare Williams
12:12 PM.Haare Williams was a teacher by trade who then became a recognizable voice in the days of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. He was trained by one of the doyens of Maori broadcasting, Wiremu… Read more Audio
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Prime Minister welcomed on to Turangawaewae Marae
12:45 PM.RNZ's Maori news editor, Jamie Tahana, was at Turangawaewae Marae this morning as the Prime Minister, and the leaders from the political parties were welcomed on. Audio
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Paki Rawiri and the famous titi tent
12:35 PM.The resumption of in-person Koroneihana celebrations also sees the return of some unique kai. With thousands of people from around the motu travelling to Turangawaewae Marae it's also seen the return… Read more Audio
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Mamae Takerei on Koroneihana celebrations
12:10 PM.Mapuna is at Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia for the first in-person Koroneihana, or coronation, celebrations since 2019. After two years of being online because of Covid-19 the annual celebration… Read more Audio
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Festival to mark 50th anniversary of Maori language petition
12:45 PM.Next month marks the 50th Anniversary of the presentation to Parliament of the Maori Language petition that called for the revitalisation of Te Reo Maori. Mere Boynton is the Director of Nga Toi Maori… Read more Audio
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Former Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi on a year since Kabul fell
12:11 PM.On August 15 last year the Afghan capital, Kabul, again fell under Taliban control after the group's lightning fast campaign across the country following the withdrawal of American troops. Former… Read more Audio
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Festival to mark 50th anniversary of Maori language petition
12:00 PM.Next month marks the 50th Anniversary of the presentation to Parliament of the Maori Language petition that called for the revitalisation of Te Reo Maori. Mere Boynton is the Director of Nga Toi Maori… Read more Audio
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Former Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi on a year since Kabul fell
12:00 PM.On August 15 last year the Afghan capital, Kabul, again fell under Taliban control after the group's lightning fast campaign across the country following the withdrawal of American troops. Former… Read more Audio
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Sports writer Simnikiwe Xabanisa on the Springboks
12:39 PM.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… Read more Audio
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Storing whakapapa online
12:25 PM.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… Read more Audio
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Maori Businesswoman of the Year
12:12 PM.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. Audio
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Reviving ancient Maori construction methods
12:40 PM.Internationally acclaimed architect Anthony Hoete is helping to revive ancient Māori construction methods with the aim of rebuilding a historic wharenui destroyed in the Napier earthquake of 1931… Read more Audio
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The future of Maori at work
12:12 PM.What will the future of the work look like for Māori, and the shifts and skills required to give Māori greater access and opportunity in the future workforce. Dr Eruera Tarena is Executive Director of… Read more Audio
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Te Pou to launch a new digital theatre
12:45 PM.If you're keen to experience Maori theatre but can't get to one, then don't worry because some Auckland based performers are about to launch a new digital theatre than can be accessed across the motu… Read more Audio
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Making blood donations fairer for gay, bisexual, takatapui men
12:30 PM.A major study which looks at making blood donations fairer for gay, bisexual, takatapui men is almost finished. Led by the University of Auckland in partnership with Otago University, researchers want… Read more Audio