Te Aniwa Hurihanganui

Guest writer

Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (Te Arawa, Ngāti Porou) is a reporter for Te Manu Korihi at Radio NZ. She was the recipient of the first Henare te Ua – RNZ Māori Journalism Internship.

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The Aotearoa debate and the waves of racist abuse

Whenever a Māori issue hits the headlines, the messages start flooding the inbox.

By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | 13th August, 2021

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When you’re tired of talking, writing and living racism

Māori journalists are used to receiving racist messages. Sometimes you get one that just hits different.

By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | 24th November, 2020

2016’s University of Otago Māori medical school graduates. (Image: supplied)

The Otago med school cap debate began ‘without input from Māori’

A public health professor at the University of Otago says a debate about capping Māori and Pasifika medical school admissions has come 'out of the blue'.

By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | 5th September, 2020

Ngā pou e rua o Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. (Image: wananga.ac.nz)

Once I was fluent in te reo. Now I’m trying to recover what I lost

As rumaki reo classes and other kura reo begin again for the year, journalist Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reflects on coming full circle back to te reo Māori.

By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | 11th March, 2020

The Māori Language Petition of more than 30,000 signatures calling for the teaching of te reo in schools is brought to Parliament, 1972.

My name isn’t hard to spell. You’ve just never had to try

Te Aniwa Hurihanganui was flying home from Auckland when an Air NZ worker saw her name on her passport and asked, how on earth did you spell that as a kid? It wasn't the first time.

By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | 9th August, 2019

Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll was adopted as a baby into a Pākehā family Photo: Supplied

How closed adoption robbed Māori children of their identity

The Adoption Act had a profound impact on Māori who grew up desperate to reconnect.

By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | 13th July, 2019

Te Matatini in Hastings in 2017. Photo: Shannon Haunui-Thompson

Jandals and aroha: a survival kit for Te Matatini

As thousands of spectators arrive in Wellington for Te Matatini this week, we present the best survival tips from some of the festival's biggest fans.

By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | 20th February, 2019

Third-year medical student Tiana Mihaere. Image: Supplied

Māori medical students: ‘It was just blatant, dumb-arse racism’

Māori students studying medicine at the University of Otago say they're fed up with the ignorance they face over the way they are selected into their second year of study.

By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | 30th August, 2018

“You wouldn’t call a beer ‘Hitler’ or ‘Jesus'”: ‘Heke’ beer leaves bad taste for some

“You wouldn’t call a beer ‘Hitler’ or ‘Jesus'”: ‘Heke’ beer leaves bad taste for some

The name of a beer from a Waiheke brewing company has come under fire for its links to a prominent Ngāpuhi chief.

By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | 20th April, 2018