Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes

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Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Rangitihi) is a writer, researcher and co-host for Nē?, The Spinoff's te ao Māori podcast. He is a multi-media content creator, and former Māori Television journalist.

Prince Harry with Rhys Darby and Dave Fane in his promotional video for Travalyst (Photo: Screenshot, additional design by Tina Tiller)

If New Zealanders won’t listen to Māori, maybe they’ll listen to Prince Harry

Cringe value aside, In the context of continuing attacks on mātauranga Māori, Prince Harry's video almost felt like progress.

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Andrew Robb (Photo: Supplied)

He maimai aroha: Anaru Robb, te reo advocate, political activist, journalist

'Anaru helped change history and the future of te reo in Aotearoa.'

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Te Aomihia Walker in Iceland (Photo: Supplied; additional design by Tina Tiller)

28th April, 2022

The ocean that binds us: How indigenous collaboration is helping to protect the moana

Thousands of years of indigenous knowledge can help rebuild our marine environments – and one Ngāti Porou wahine is leading the way.

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Te Wehi Wright and his whānau (Photo: Supplied)

21st April, 2022

The ongoing fight for Māori to school our own, our way

'They’ve constantly tried to fit us into a system that won’t ever be sophisticated or reflective enough to love and grow our tamariki.'

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Image: Archi Banal

14th April, 2022

Matariki is more than just a holiday

Rain or shine, our annual pre-dawn observance of the rising of Matariki reaffirms our Māoritanga.

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Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne law student Safari Hynes (Photo: Supplied; additional design by Archi Banal)

7th April, 2022

‘Matua Moana made me want to be a thinker, an educator, an organiser and a doer’

A Māori law student on how the late Moana Jackson changed his life.

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Te Whānau a Hunaara on the East Cape at their recent cultural mapping wānanga (Photo: Supplied; additional design The Spinoff)

17th March, 2022

Preserving old pā sites with new technology on the East Cape

Laser sensor tech is helping keep alive the story of this Tairāwhiti hapū for future generations.

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Te Kahureremoa Taumata and Anna Coddington (Photos: Supplied, Nick Paulsen; additional design by Tina Tiller)

10th March, 2022

Yet another summer of concert cancellations – so how are musicians holding up?

Kaiwaiata Māori on the financial and emotional toll of trying to perform in a pandemic.

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Rangi Kipa from Tihei Ltd, Te Ātiawa spokesperson Kura Moeahu and Tahuhu Programme principal adviser Hinerangi Himiona on the new site of Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, with Te Tiriti o Waitangi inset (Photo: Supplied; additional design by Archi Banal)

5th March, 2022

A new home for our founding documents: The mana whenua makeover of Archives NZ

It's not just a new building, it's a reassertion of mana whenua in the capital city.

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Derek Fox presenting Te Karere in the early days

24th February, 2022

A hard-fought cornerstone of te reo Māori broadcasting: Te Karere turns 40

In its four decades on our screens, Te Karere has grown a host of Māori journalists and broadcasting talent – and shifted the culture of newsrooms across the country.

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