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Te Ahi Kaa
He Pātaka Kōrero, He matapihi ki te ao Māori. This former weekly series is now available as an online archive.
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Dr Patu Hohepa and Edna Pahewa
21 Oct 2018This week Te Ahi Kaa talks about the past present and future of the Maori language with linguist Dr Patu Hohepa, and Edna Pahewa talks about the work of her mum, renowned weaver Emily Schuster and her… Read more Audio
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Foraging with Chef Charles Royal
14 Oct 2018Chef Charles Royal began as a cook in the army, which lead to four years as a Gourmet Chef with Air New Zealand, a restaurant owner in Paraparaumu and Rotorua, and today as the owner of Kinaki, a… Read more Audio
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The science project using indigenous Māori knowledge to increase NZ's resilience to natural hazards
How can we as a nation better respond to natural hazards like tsunamis and floods? New Zealand scientists and researchers are exploring Matauranga Māori (Māori indigenous knowledge) for the Resilience… Read more Audio
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Dr Dan Hikuroa and Kristie-Lee Thomas on science and Mātauranga Māori
30 Sep 2018Dr Dan Hikuroa is an Earth systems scientist and believes the world of science is interconnected with Mātauranga Māori (customary knowledge systems) he shares his recent work alongside iwi and hapu… Read more Audio
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Dr Rangi Nicholson and Rob Ruha: lifting the Māori language to lofty heights
23 Sep 2018Reverend Dr Rangi Nicholson was a student at Victoria University in 1971 and was given the role of media publicist leading up to the Māori language Petition in 1972, he says he was often standing… Read more Video, Audio
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Vini Olsen-Reeder and Ria Hall: keeping Māori language alive and thriving
16 Sep 2018Māori language lecturer Dr Vini Olsen Reeder and songwriter Ria Hall talk about their personal relationships with te reo. Olsen-Reeder began studying te reo as a university student and became the… Read more Video, Audio
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Pat Old: 'My life is enriched by learning te reo Māori'
9 Sep 2018Pat Old's grandchildren can speak Maori and her daughters have married into Maori families, this was the reason why she is learning te reo Maori part time with Te Wananga o Aotearoa. Pat says the… Read more Audio
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Standing up for Te Reo Māori - reflections from founding member of the Te Reo Māori Society
2 Sep 2018John McCaffery was raised Irish Catholic and while his great grandfathers were fluent in Gaelic, and his father could understand it, it wasn't spoken in the home. This narrative is similar to the… Read more Audio
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How memories of her Māori girls boarding school inspire artist Maraea Timutimu
26 Aug 2018Rotorua artist and high school teacher Maraea Timutimu uses poi made of bread packets and cameo-style portraits in sculptural work that recalls her formative years at Queen Victoria Māori Girls… Read more Audio
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Māori language in theatre a way to nurture and grow the language
19 Aug 2018Taki Rua Productions are mid-way through the Te Reo Māori season with the play Hine Kihāwai as it continues its ten week tour around the country. Roimata Fox (Waru, The Pa Boyz) and Eds Eramiha… Read more Audio
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Exhibition a tribute to wāhine stance on the marae
12 Aug 2018Hinewirangi Kohu Morgan uses Tāonga Pūoro (Māori instruments) as a tool of healing with victims of sexual assault. In the exhibition The Right to Speak she has created a carved hue (gourd), based on a… Read more Audio
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Māori illustrator sets his sights set on graphic novels and animation
5 Aug 2018Te Haunui Tuna works as a taa moko (traditional Māori tattoo) artist but his true passion is sketching Māori gods in pencil. Read more Audio
Te Ahi Kaa
He Pātaka Kōrero, He matapihi ki te ao Māori. This former weekly series is now available as an online archive.