Ātea Archive
‘We all need kindness’: theatre director Rose Kirkup on her show Big J Stylez
Everybody Cool Lives Here is one of Wellington's most exciting theatre companies, and their work Big J Stylez comes to Auckland's Herald Theatre this week as part of Matariki Season.
What marks out our Māui from all the Māui? It’s partly down to vagina dentata
With the debut of Disney's Moana in the Hawaiian language, Simon Perris looks at at pan-Pacific representations of Maui, and the atua wahine Disney conveniently ignored.
‘We want to wear this building to bits’: Te Ahu, the beating heart of Kaitaia
Kaitaia's Te Ahu centre is a lot of things to a lot of people – a taonga, a service, a symbol of progress, a happy distraction.
What the new year holds for Māori business
Treaty and business consultant Joshua Hitchcock takes stock of the Māori economy and looks at some of the issues that will shape the next 12 months.
Karena and Kasey’s big dinner was incredible. But was it worth $320?
Alice Neville went along to The Creation Dinner, a pop-up restaurant by MasterChef winners Karena and Kasey Bird, and it was bloody good.
Andrew Little: ‘Pākehā ways of engaging are so inadequate’
The 'minister for everything' on nation building and resolving Treaty settlements on 'marae time'
Everything you wanted to know about Matariki but were too embarrassed to ask
Welcome to the Cheat Sheet, a clickable, shareable, bite-sized FAQ on the news of the moment. Today, we look at the meaning of Matariki.
Ricky Houghton and the whare that love built
Many of the children abused in state care facilities over the past 40 years have grown up lost in the system. Ricky Houghton decided to overthrow the system completely.
Is Bob Jones racist? Let’s review the evidence
Legal action has been taken by multi-millionaire Bob Jones against two Māori women who have called him and a column he wrote racist. Is it true? And what is racism anyway? We delved into the archives for answers.
Intention and joy: The Breaker-Upperers’ Ana Scotney on her new play
Breakout performer of local hit The Breaker-Upperers, and now award-winning theatre maker, Ana Scotney is the definition of a rising star.
He saved my life, but he couldn’t save his own
The government’s inquiry into mental health and addiction, announced in January, travels to Whanganui this week, home of the mental health worker who changed Jason Rene’s life.
EXCLUSIVE: Ria Hall ’Te Ahi Kai Pō’ video premiere
Ria Hall's 'Te Ahi Kai Pō', directed by Shae Sterling, inspired by the Battle of Te Ranga in June of 1864.
Learning (and not learning) about the New Zealand Wars
Historian Vincent O'Malley conducted his own survey over the weekend on what people did and didn't learn about New Zealand history at school. The results, no matter how unscientific, still paint a clear picture.
Cellfish: A play about love and prison
Jason Te Kare grew up watching his mum raise and love at-risk youths in their family home. The director of new prison-based play CELLFISH talks about learning how to live a compassionate life.
The power, importance, and future of the Māori roll
Māori are in the process of choosing which electoral roll to vote from. Simon Day spoke to Dr Paerau Warbrick about what that decision means.
A public holiday for Matariki is inevitable
The calls happen every year now for Matariki to be turned into a public holiday. Soon they will be too loud to ignore.
The Kaitiaki of the Omataroa kiwi
Ian Tarei has spent over a decade protecting kiwi in the forested hills behind the Eastern Bay of Plenty settlement of Awakeri.
Māori women talk about the future of moko kauae
The Spinoff talks to wāhine Māori about the history, present and future of moko kauae, as well as Inia Taylor, the tā moko artist behind the controversial moko kauae worn by life coach Sally Anderson.
Marama Fox on exiting Dancing with the Stars: ‘I wanted to beat David Seymour!’
The eliminated DWTSNZ contestant talks with Leonie Hayden about leaving the show, 'scrapping' with producers, and why she wouldn't back down on using her performances to showcase Māoritanga.
Photo essay: Taking a stand on the land
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Ihumātao over the weekend to protest against Fletcher Building’s planned housing development, known as SHA62.
The occupation of Takaparawhā Bastion Point, 40 years on
This week marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most pivotal land actions in New Zealand history – the 506 day occupation of Bastion Point.
Seth Haapu and Maisey Rika in conversation: ‘Make music that brings value’
Friends and collaborators Maisey Rika and Seth Haapu sit down together to talk about Haapu's new single and video 'New Wave'.
Moko kauae is the right of all Māori women. It is not a right for anyone else.
Pākehā life coach Sally Anderson has come under fire this week for receiving moko kauae. Leonie Pihama looks at the difference between rights and privilege when it come to wāhine Māori and moko kauae.
Iwi and the fight against the rising tide of climate change
In the first week of May, members of Te Whānau-a-Apanui invited indigenous climate change activists and thinkers from Aotearoa and around the world to the Red Tide International Indigenous Climate Action Summit.
