Ohinga Season 4
Should there be a marae in Brisbane?
“Māori have been here in Australia for the past 200 years.”
Teaching the history of Aotearoa through art
“Our country must know its history.”
Māori celebrate Matariki in Australia
Ohinga visited the first Matariki festival on the Gold Coast.
Life as a Māori translator
"It must be translated with intention."
Hula and haka at an elite competition in Hawai’i
“Haka and hula are a taonga”
Iwi fight against proposed seabed mining in their kāinga
Ohinga went to Taranaki to meet Rukutai Watene, a local against TTR's proposed project.
Our clothes are a walking protest
“It’s a really amazing way as an artist to have a travelling canvas that is cruising the streets.”
The rangatahi helping revitalise waka hourua
"This mahi deepens my connection to our ancestors and atua Māori."
Putting rangatahi issues on the kapa haka stage
“Don’t be afraid to share what you think no matter what!”
Our Chinese grandmother made us speak Te Reo
“It was common sense to raise her Māori children in the culture of the land.”
Why I wear both moko kauae and malu
“I can have my legs done and still be Māori, I can have my face done and still be Samoan”
We created the Tino Rangatiratanga flag
“People ask: 'Do you have a flag?' I say, 'I am the flag’."
