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Māpuna Podcast
The best of Māpuna. Catch up with host Julian Wilcox and producer Tama Muru with their favourite weekly interviews with Māori throughout Aotearoa, from sports legends, to business leaders, to artists and community advocates. Māpuna acknowledges those who are beloved and respected within their communities. 'He māpuna e arohatia ana, e kaingāukautia ana'.
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Professor Anthony Hoete on Aotearoa's urban future
13 Jul 2024The award winning architect Professor Anthony Hoete has written a chapter in a new book, Urban Aotearoa, The Future of Our Cities. Read more Audio
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Award winning architect Nicholas Dalton
15 Jun 2024Julian Wilcox drops in to the Auckland offices of award winning Maori architect Nicholas Dalton and the company he founded, TOA. Read more Audio
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Mapuna for 25 May 2024
Ngai Tahu academic Matthew Scobie has co-written a new book with Anna Sturman from the University of Sydney, called The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation in which they write 'the future of… Read more Audio
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Fran Ebbett, her path to captain an Air NZ jet
18 May 2024Fran Ebbett was just a schoolgirl when she started dreaming of becoming a pilot and eventually she rose through the ranks to captain an Air New Zealand passenger jet, possibly the first Maori woman to… Read more Audio
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Maori talent alongside Booker & Pulitzer prize winners at Auckland Writers Festival
4 May 2024The Auckland Writers Festival starts on May 14 and its promotional push highlights a roll-call of talent from across the arts; Booker prize winner for 2023, Paul Lynch, plus generations of Maori… Read more Audio
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How 19th century leader Apihai Te Kawau shaped Auckland
30 Apr 2024A new stage production in Auckland looks at life for Ngati Whatua through the eyes of one their most prominent tupuna, Apihai Te Kawau, who signed Te Tiriti O Waitangi in March 1840. Read more Audio
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'Undefeated men in a defeated army' Cretan historian on the Maori Battalion
25 Apr 2024For Anzac Day Māpuna takes a look back at a special episode from 2023 when producer Tama Muru visited the Greek island of Crete to delve into the history of the battle in 1941 which pitted New… Read more Audio
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Sandy Adsett: 'If I paint by the numbers it's no good'
20 Apr 2024Over the past 60 years Maoridom has produced many prominent artists and one who definitely belongs in that category is Sandy Adsett, although he prefers to see himself as a painter. Read more Audio
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Maori art pioneer Fred Graham
13 Apr 2024Mapuna visits Māori art pioneer Fred Graham at his home in Waiuku. He was part of a generation of young Maori artists who emerged after World War Two who forged a new path in contemporary art. Read more Audio
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Maori food sovereignty & snapper with marmite suace
6 Apr 2024On this Mapuna podcast you'll hear about Maori food sovereignty from Dr Jessica Hutchings and chef Kia Kanuta will reveal the inspiration behind snapper with marmite sauce plus kumara puree and a beef… Read more Audio
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Nathan Pohio on his first two years at Toi o Tamaki
30 Mar 2024Nathan Pohio recently finished his first two years as senior curator, Maori art at Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Art Gallery. Read more Audio
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Whakaata Maori celebrates 20th anniversary
26 Mar 2024Mapuna looks back at 20 years of Whakaata Maori which started out in 2004 as the Maori Television Service. It's now an established and popular part of Aotearoa's media landscape will celebrate its… Read more Audio