Māori
The time I tried to tag the Endeavour, and other thoughts on racist monuments
Statues of colonisers, slave traders and racists are being pulled down as part of a global reckoning with racism. In light of that, for this month’s…
As attitudes shift, more wāhine are carrying moko kauae
More wāhine are carrying moko kauae as we work to dismantle the impacts of colonisation.
The things that stop us from returning to our homelands
City girl Geneva shares reflections and regrets of visiting her kuia’s birthplace for the first time
Our greatest leaders have always thought intergenerationally
On learning lessons from the visionaries who plant seeds for our mokopuna to harvest.
The stories underneath the concrete
Making an effort to learn about the history beneath our feet.
Decolonising gender and sexuality in Wellington city
Te Whanganui-a-Tara, political hub of Aotearoa and a city that carries the rep of being home to individuals all free to express themselves. This was the…
To be Māori is to be everything you could possibly be
Before moving to the city Kahu Kutia typically thought of Māori in the city as disconnected. But she learned that for some Māori, the city is…
The space we need to feel seen
In episode two of the podcast He Kākano Ahau, Kahu Kutia travels to Ōtautahi to look at what it's like for Māori moving to the city…
Teaching tamariki to live off the land
Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga on the East Cape is one of the most remote schools in Aotearoa. This tiny school is teaching tamariki how to live off the land.
What does it mean to be urban Māori?
Today we launch a series on urban Māori identity. It features He Kākano Ahau, a podcast by Kahu Kutia (Ngāi Tūhoe), and Māori and the City,…
On Covid-19, Mana Motuhake and an urban marae tucked away in the city
He Kākano Ahau is a podcast written, researched, and hosted by Ngāi Tūhoe writer and activist Kahu Kutia. Kahu lives in Wellington after spending the first…
Māori and the City: finding a flat in Wellington is the second-worst trauma after colonisation
This was supposed to be the first installment of Māori and the City, a new monthly column by Tayi Tibble. But then coronavirus happened and it…
Māori and the City: a new monthly column by Tayi Tibble
Today we launch the first installment of Māori and the City, a monthly column by Tayi Tibble. Originally, the first piece of writing was gonna be…
Ihumātao: I know a world like this can exist and I’ve experienced it now
A few days after an eviction notice was served at Ihumātao in July last year, photographer Nicole Hunt (Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Arawa) arrived at the whenua.…
Māori babies are 5x more likely to be taken into state care
A new report by the Children's Commissioner has found that in 2019, Māori babies aged 0-3 months were taken into state care at 5x the rate…
Rediscovering Aotearoa: Kōrero and Coffee
This week we launched the final episode of Rediscovering Aotearoa – a decolonisation series.
Here are some highlights from our panel chat about decolonisation and race relations.…
Rediscovering Aotearoa: Podcast - Manatika | Justice
We spend a lot of money locking people up in this country. It costs $100,000 to keep one person in prison for one year. More has…
Rediscovering Aotearoa: Manatika | Justice
A Pākehā criminal lawyer sits down with a Māori former-prisoner to talk about Aotearoa’s justice system. Awatea Mita was jailed for a non-violent drug crime. She…
Rediscovering Aotearoa: Aroha | Love
Tyla is a 28-year-old from Ngāi Tahu who converted to Islam six years ago. Saba is Pakistani, and moved to Aotearoa when she was eight. They…
Opinion: Bridges beats up on his own
There’s a slim chance Simon Bridges could become New Zealand’s first prime minister who has Māori heritage. He’s trying to increase those chances by shitting on…
Will New Zealand’s State Care System Ever be Decolonised?
The state’s child care and protection system is steeped in colonial principles. It has harmed and disenfranchised thousands of Māori. Is change and decolonisation even possible…
Rediscovering Aotearoa: Podcast - Whānau | Family
Between 1950 and 1999, it’s estimated around 100,000 children were taken into state care. The majority of them were Māori, and many of them were abused.
This…
Rediscovering Aotearoa: Whānau | Family
When he was four weeks old, Mana was placed into foster care. The first years of his life were marked with fear, violence and isolation as…
Fighting the inequity of our racist health system
In October 2018, the Waitangi Tribunal began the Wai 2575 inquiry into health services and outcomes for Māori.
The resultant report is a stark and disturbing reminder…
Rediscovering Aotearoa: Podcast - Hauora | Health
Only 4 percent of psychologists in Aotearoa are Māori. But Māori are 50 per cent more likely to experience mental distress than tauiwi, or non-Māori.
This episode…
Rediscovering Aotearoa: Hauora | Health
Medicine student Aniket Chawla is welcomed into a rongoā Māori wānanga (course) at Motatau Marae, near Kawakawa in Northland. He meets Juan and Tahjai Brown, twins…
Rediscovering Aotearoa: Podcast - Takatāpui | LGBTQIA+
Gender fluidity and sexual diversity was an accepted part of Māori and Pacific societies before colonisation.
This episode is about Takatāpui | LGBTQIA+, and how pre-colonial understanding…
Rediscovering Aotearoa: Takatāpui | LGBTQIA+
Gender diversity was an accepted part of Māori and Pacific societies before colonisation. But European Christian values brought stigma and shame. Jaimie Waititi and Falencie Filipo…
Restoring the Imbalance of Māori Perspectives in Aotearoa’s History
Arini Loader drops an armful of books on the table in front of us with a thud. Their spines are coloured in deep blacks and rich…
Rediscovering Aotearoa: Podcast - Mātauranga | Knowledge
The voyage of Polynesian ancestors to these shores has been called the “greatest migration story in the history of mankind”. But we hear very little about…