Te Ahi Kaa

Rua Bioscience Co-founder Manu Caddie is with Justine Murray and talks about setting up the business, providing employment in their community, and what advice he has for Māori or Iwi interested in… Read more Audio

Producer Justine Murray visits Maanu Paul at his home in Ohope Beach where he spins a few yarns about growing up with his grandmothers, his interpretation of the maramataka, and how he snuffed out a… Read more Audio

Soil sovereignty is a kaupapa Māori approach to organic farming, with a view that soil is a relation or a living tāonga and not a commodity. Dr Jessica Hutchings talks about her maara kai on her… Read more Audio

Dr Morehu Mcdonald talks about his iwi Ngāti Hinerangi as part of his doctoral research. Read more Audio

Sound historian Sarah Johnston discusses her research project into the wartime recordings from the New Zealand Mobile Broadcasting Unit that travelled with the New Zealand Division during World War… Read more Audio

To commemorate Anzac day, Te Moanaroa Ngatoko shares his research into the men from the hapū of Ngai Tamarāwaho who fought in the war overseas. Read more Audio

Māori Philosopher Dr Krushil Watene grew up in South Auckland, achieved her PhD in Scotland and is now part of global leadership network working towards a better planet and sustainable futures. Read more Audio

Dr Jani Wilson teaches her students how to pitch their film idea in one minute,  just in case they meet a famous film producer in an elevator, she shares her story. Read more Audio

As a sociologist of education, Dr Joanna Kidman travels the country to learn about how the New Zealand Wars impacted papa kainga. She shares her latest work and research on Te Ahi Kaa. Read more Audio

Professor Meihana Durie defines Mātauranga Māori as Māori knowledge that can be applied to contemporary realities. In a conversation with Justine Murray explains how this knowledge eco-systems can… Read more Audio

Linda Waimarie Nikora  – a Professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Auckland – talks to Justine Murray about growing up in Rotorua, her early dreams of being a 'fireman' and how the field… Read more Audio

From the Te Ahi Kaa archives, a series about the whakatauāki 'Kaua e Mate Wheke, Me Mate Ururoa' is further explored about how this proverbial saying can relate to a person's life and their… Read more Audio