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Seafood boils are rising in popularity in Aotearoa. (Image: Tina Tiller)
13th August, 2022

What’s behind Aotearoa’s seafood boil boom?

The dish might originally be from the US, but it’s found particular resonance here.
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By Charlotte Muru-Lanning
Staff writer
Their plan is to empower Pasifika people in all aspects of rugby. (Image: Supplied, design: Tina Tiller)
8th August, 2022

The group advocating for Pasifika in rugby – and not just on the field

The plan is to empower Pasifika people in all aspects of rugby.
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By Sela Jane Hopgood
Pacific communities editor
For local Māori, tourism has been seen as a commodification of culture, and conversely as a tool to maintain tikanga and mātauranga. (Image: Tina Tiller)
6th August, 2022

A weekend in Rotorua is a glimpse into the future of Māori tourism

And there are lessons to be learnt from the past.
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By Charlotte Muru-Lanning
Staff writer
Carver Timoti Moran and some of his work. (Photos: Andy MacDonald/Supplied. Design: Tina Tiller)
1st August, 2022

A taonga of their own: The ambitious bid to give pounamu to every child in state care

A gift of pounamu instils pride in the recipient – and a sense of responsibility.
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By Don Rowe
Contributing writer
Eminem
31st July, 2022

The day I found out that Eminem was the Real Slim Shady

What can the subversive genius of rap teach us about climate change? Quite a lot, it turns out.
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By Nadine Anne Hura
Contributing writer
Image: Tina Tiller
29th July, 2022

Inside the fight for Māori data sovereignty

There's a place for tikanga everywhere, including online.
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By Shanti Mathias
Staff Writer
Te Paepae o Aotea is set to open in 2023. (Image: Getty Images / Design: Tina Tiller)
27th July, 2022

Te Paepae o Aotea: The story of Hāwera’s new school

The logo's orange tukutuku panels are a nod to the long history of fires in the South Taranaki town.
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By Airana Ngarewa
Contributing writer
Māori roll or general roll – how did you choose?
25th July, 2022

Māori roll or general roll – how did you choose?

Māori voters' reasons for joining the Māori roll – or staying on the general one – are as diverse as the Aotearoa electorate itself.
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By Ema Tuakoi and Tommy de Silva
Guest writer
The moon is my period tracker (Image: Tina Tiller/Getty)
20th July, 2022

The moon is a period tracker: Using the maramataka to understand my ikura

My tūpuna celebrated their periods. After 10 years resenting mine, I’m learning to celebrate it too.
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By Alice Webb-Liddall
Partnerships editor
Design: Tina Tiller
18th July, 2022

The RNZ-TVNZ merger could spell bad news for Pasifika-run public broadcasting

Will two media organisations dedicated to promoting Pacific languages be one too many?
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By Samson Samasoni
Guest writer
Tāmati Rimene-Sproat (Photo: Supplied)
15th July, 2022

Shedding some light – and sharing some laughs – on tikanga Māori

Cracking up viewers and teaching them something at the same time? It's all in a day's work for Tāmati Rimene-Sproat.
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By Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes
Contributing writer
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (Photo: Supplied; additional design by Tina Tiller)
11th July, 2022

Empowering whānau through māra kai and the maramataka

Meet the Waikato wahine using mātauranga Māori to help whānau grow kai on their whenua.
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By Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes
Contributing writer
Image: Bianca Cross
Opinion
4th July, 2022

A landmark day for Māori health

The best thing I can do is to be thrilled about how far we have come. The worst thing I could do is think that the job is done.
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By Gabrielle Baker
Guest writer
Rereata Makiha (Image: Tina Tiller)
2nd July, 2022

Should Aotearoa ditch the four seasons?

We'll never be truly in tune with the taiao when we use a system designed for the opposite side of the world.
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By Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes
Contributing writer
Image: Tina Tiller
27th June, 2022

For the love of kūmara

Most New Zealanders love kūmara. For those of both Chinese and Māori descent, their relationship with the humble tuber runs even deeper.
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By Mei-Lin Te Puea Hansen
Guest writer
Hinerapa Rupuha (Photo: Supplied)
24th June, 2022

The new generation of celestial navigators learning from their ancestors

'You have to be in tune with the elements and the atua, to the sound of the waves hitting the waka and the direction of the wind on your cheek.'
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By Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes
Contributing writer
(Photographs: Nahyeon Lee/ Additional design: Archi Banal)
24th June, 2022

Linking the astronomical with the gastronomical at Matariki

Matariki is a reminder to reconnect with the food our tūpuna ate.
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By Charlotte Muru-Lanning
Staff writer
In a whāngai i te hautapu ceremony food is cooked in a hāngī or umu and when the oven is uncovered the steam of the food rises to feed the stars.
23rd June, 2022

Mānawatia a Matariki! Tips for how to celebrate if you don’t know where to start

Including: 'Don’t buy presents. Be present.'
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By Simon Day
Commercial Editorial Director
Some of the cast of Māui (Image: Archi Banal)
23rd June, 2022

Māui show making a comeback for Matariki

'We’ve captured the stories that have travelled throughout the Pacific for hundreds of years and retold them like never before.'
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By Sela Jane Hopgood
Pacific communities editor
The Lion King Reo Māori is the second Disney film to be reworked in reo Māori (Photo: Supplied; additional design: Tina Tiller)
23rd June, 2022

How The Lion King Reo Māori did what no other version has done before

Sir Elton John is notoriously protective of one song in particular – but he made a rare exception for Stan Walker.
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By Reweti Kohere
Staff writer

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