Te Ao Māori

Ngāti Porou on what makes them different to other iwi

"The way they walk, their talk, their cheek and rugged manner." People of Ngāti Porou share what distinguishes them from other iwi.

22 kaikōrero (speakers) of the…

Seven students tell us why they’re learning te reo Māori

Seven students tell us why they’re learning te reo Māori.

Raniera Harrison is using podcasts to revitalise te reo Māori

This week Re: released the latest chapter of The Taumata Kōrero, a podcast that digs deep into how Māori view themselves and their world in modern-day…

11 people from Ngāti Porou share their views on cannabis

Kaikōrero (speakers) of the Ngāti Porou dialect share what they think about tarutaru (cannabis).

Recognising Matariki as a public holiday enables society to thrive

In February 2021 the government announced Matariki would be made a public holiday. 

In this essay from 2020, Qiane Matata-Sipu writes about her hope that decision-makers would prioritise wellness,…

My Māori new year’s resolution is to stop spending time with people who drain my mana

In this month’s edition of Māori and the City, Tayi Tibble talks about ways to protect your wairua and mana.

The first time I ever heard the…

At Tapu Te Ranga marae, Matariki brings rebirth after the fire

In the early hours of June 9th last year, Tapu Te Ranga, an urban marae in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) caught fire and quickly burnt to the…

One year since police served an eviction notice at Ihumātao, the resistance lives on

One year since police served an eviction notice at Ihumātao, the resistance lives on.

Māori-Asian solidarity in Aotearoa can be game-changing

When we talk about race relations in this country, how often do we consider the relations between Asian tauiwi and tangata whenua? It’s time for all…

Protestors marched against a new dump they say will 'poison the Kaipara Harbour’

Hundreds of protestors marched down Queen Street in a hīkoi against the Dome Valley dump proposal.

Seven people tell us how they're resetting 2020 this Matariki

Matariki, the Māori new year, begins on July 13th. How are we resetting?

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 'Bob Ross' of Māori carving has become an overnight streaming sensation

Twitch streamer Broxh loves his culture and his art form, and he wants to share it with the world. During lockdown, he started streaming his whakairo…

Māori and the City: stuck inside my whare with only my dumb brain for company

When Kylie Jenner said 2016 was the year of “realising things” she had no idea 2020 was about to pull up in a facemask. Ever since…

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

Checking in on Te Kao’s Far North Covid Checkpoint

How this remote town in the far, far north is keeping their community safe from Covid.

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…

This whānau quit Australia to live off-grid

The prospect of long-term self-isolation has got some of us a bit anxious (looking at the panic buyers at Pak'n'Save), but this whānau has got it…

What's it really like when you go to Waitangi?

If you've never been to Waitangi before, it's easy to think it's all sombre politics and fighting, but the people there know it's about so much…