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All Videos January 8, 2020

What does your hair say about you?

In Māori culture, the head is tapu (spiritually restricted) and therefore hair holds a lot of mana (power/authority). Our ancestors conveyed meaning and status with their hair, and dressed it with a beautiful array of oils and ornaments.

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Do family and whānau mean the same thing?

Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa On The Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month: We have a look at what family means in different cultures and the effects of colonisation on whānau.

The incredible legacy of the Māori showbands

Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa on the Couch, a web series about Māori issues and stuff. This month: the Māori showbands and the remarkable era that saw Māori artists topping the charts in New Zealand and beyond.

Māoriland Film Festival: why we need to see ourselves onscreen

Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa on the Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month: we went to the Māoriland Film Festival to talk to some passionate Māori and indigenous filmmakers about why we need to see ourselves on the big screen.

Māori media: where to from here?

Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa On The Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month we talk about Māori media: where to from here?

What does your hair say about you?

In Māori culture, the head is tapu (spiritually restricted) and therefore hair holds a lot of mana (power/authority). Our ancestors conveyed meaning and status with their hair, and dressed it with a beautiful array of oils and ornaments.

HĀKARI: celebrate the Māori way!

Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa On The Couch, a webseries from The Spinoff about Māori issues and stuff, hosted by Leonie Hayden. This episode: HĀKARI. Learn how to party like your ancestors, from hāngi techniques to understanding tikanga Māori around food and celebration.

Māori women rule

Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa On The Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month: to celebrate International Women’s Day, we look at the role of Māori women and some of the badass wāhine toa that came before.

Get on the waka!

Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa on the Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month: how did we get from Hawaiki to Aotearoa? We look at our ocean voyaging ancestors, and how the tradition of wayfinding was resurrected again.

The invasion of Parihaka and why it needs to be remembered

Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa On The Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month: the invasion of Parihaka and why it needs to be remembered.

Rivers are people too!

Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa On The Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month: what do we mean when we refer to our mountains and rivers are ancestors? Episode three looks at the world-leading legislation in Aotearoa that recognises Te Urewera national park and the Whanganui river as people.

The declaration of what now?

Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa On The Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month: the Declaration of Independence (not the American one, the New Zealand one).

The Māori seats: what are they and who cares about them?

Nau mai, haere mai ki Kaupapa on the Couch, a webseries about Māori issues and stuff. This month: the Māori seats. What are they and who cares about them?