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Tu Ora, Tu Kaha, Tu Mana, Tu Maori. Be healthy, be strong, be proud, be Maori. This weeks whakatauki is explained by Justine Murray Audio

Maraea Rakuraku meets with members of the Poutu whānau who just may be the Māori version of the story that inspired the the 1998 Steven Spielberg film Saving Private Ryan - but with a much happier… Read more Audio

Moana Callaghan and her whānau travelled from Maraenui to attend the three day commemorations at Te Poho o Rawiri pā, Gisborne as their father Wira Callaghan was a soldier in C Company of the 28th… Read more Audio

Club Captain Noble Keelan has a very simple method of controlling the boisterousness that erupts at Tuesday night chess club at the Gisborne Eastern Knights - clapping. Yet, who can blame the members… Read more Audio

The way the sapling is shaped determines how the tree grows. Audio

In 1999 the native Kokako bird Tamanui was removed from his home in the Moki Forest by Ngāti Tama and the Department of Conservation because of the threat caused by pests, stoats and wildlife. At the… Read more Audio

When Marae Nga Hau e Wha o Papararangi Marae in Wellington took in 42 evacuees following the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, they soon realised the marae was not well equipped to cope. So began their… Read more Audio

Tamati Waaka says that for many marae across Aotearoa there is always that funny whanau member that can tell a good story, whether it's an uncle or aunty, it's always that person who can tell a… Read more Audio

Te Hiahia tuturu ki te tiaki te Mauri o Paraninihi te mahi I mua kia oti ai. Te Rangatiratanga o Paraninihi mo nga iwi o Taranaki. The ultimate goal is to guard the mauri of Paraninihi, to continue… Read more Audio

Maraea Rakuraku receives Waka101 tutelage from Kat Lobendahn and Moani Keala Keliikuli Heimuli members of the Mālama Honua Waka Voyaging crew traversing across Te Moananuiakiwa (The Pacific Ocean)… Read more Audio

David Kukutai Jones is a healer, maker of rongoa, librarian and the Chairman of the Māori Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender gathering - Hui Takataapui 2014 which this year was hosted at… Read more Audio

With an Anglican Mum and Ringatu Dad where's the middle ground if you're having a religious calling? Maraea Rakuraku catches up with Anglican priest Chris Huriwai who left for Jerusalem via America… Read more Audio