Sunday, 14 March 2010

14 Poutu te rangi (March) 2010

He manga wai koia kia kore e whitikia"
It's a big river indeed that cannot be crossed

Take one extreme sports event, give it a Māori makeover and you have the Maui Challenge. Ngāti Kahungunu health services, who modelled their event on the Tough Guy challenge, created obstacles based on the many stories of Maui-tikitiki-a-Taranga making the event - a first for Aotearoa - more relevant to Māori. Maraea Rakuraku was at the inaugural event in Waimarama in Hawkes Bay to see how it turned out. (Part two plays next week)

Visit a Gallery of images from the event

A series of ads following Angela Wallace as she kicks a 25-year-long smoking habit is screening on television at the moment. She explains to Maraea Rakuraku how a combination of whānau pressure, personal goal setting and fears for her wellbeing eventually led to her replacing nicotine dependency with better health choices.

Weavers Rānui Ngarimu nō Ngai Kahu, Donna Campbell nō Ngāpuhi, Karl Leonard nō Te Arawa, Hemoata Henare nō Ngāpuhi and Matiu Dickson nō Ngai te Rangi discuss the state of fibre arts, recorded at the 2010 International Weavers Indigenous Symposium in Rotorua.

This week's whakatāuki was explained by Angela Wallace nō Ngai Tahu, Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara

Waiata featured: Give it up now performed by Moana Maniapoto from the album, Rua (1998)