22nd April, 2022Who are the swaying Kiwi Brothers?And why do they sway so mournfully? By Dan TaipuaGuest writer
15th August, 2021Shining a bold light on an unobserved world, The Panthers is essential viewingCan a six-part series do justice to the Polynesian Panthers' story?By Dan TaipuaGuest writer
30th July, 2021The incredible legacy of Merata Mita’s Patu!Dan Taipua looks at the legacy of Patu!, the landmark documentary about the Springbok tour protests of 1981. By Dan TaipuaGuest writer
29th May, 2020What a video game about a futuristic Tauranga can tell us about our presentA new first-person photography game set in a dystopian Tauranga under lockdown is the best work of Māori science-fiction this decade, writes Dan Taipua.By Dan TaipuaGuest writer
10th May, 2020Empire and rebellion: What Taika Waititi directing Star Wars means for MāoriBy Dan TaipuaGuest writer
30th September, 2019Māori versus settlers in the wrestling ring? Hell yes!TVNZ's new online-only series Colonial Combat pits the the inhabitants of Kauri Bay – Māori, settlers, men, women, and many more besides – against each other in the ring.By Dan TaipuaGuest writer
5th July, 2018Futurism Aotearoa: A Māori sci-fi festival touches down in AucklandSelf-identified 'Space Māori' Dan Taipua picks his highlights from this weekend's Māori Futurist events. By Dan TaipuaGuest writer
23rd February, 2018WWE Superstars go MāoriFinally, the most electrifying sports entertainment programme on earth has come back to Aotearoa. This Saturday marks the first episode of WWE Raw to screen free-to-air in New Zealand in over a decade.By Dan TaipuaGuest writer
25th December, 2017Summer reissue: Thor and his magic patu – notes on a very Māori Marvel movieDan Taipua explores indigenous ideologies in Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok, New Zealand's highest grossing film of 2017.By Dan TaipuaGuest writer
31st October, 2017Thor and his magic patu: notes on a very Māori Marvel movieDan Taipua explores indigenous ideologies in Thor: Ragnarok, the blockbuster movie from the king of the space Māori, Taika Waititi.By Dan TaipuaGuest writer