Mātātoa: the CrossFit comp blending fitness with te reo

Mātātoa is the first Māori language CrossFit event in the country.

A Tongan father and son talk about bisexuality and being a good dad

"For me, the biggest thing is just to have you as a dad, there all the time."

High school students tell us how many hours they work

“The most hours I worked in a week would approximately be 47.”

Whānau Māori living with dementia: will you look after your Koro or Kui?

“My advice for those dealing with family with dementia , I would say just to practice patience”

The vital role of harvesting kai for hautapu

"Matariki serves as a unifying force, bringing people from all walks of life together."

People tell us what they're doing for Matariki

“Drink some beers, self-reflect, go to the gym.”

I just got out of prison and have to rebuild my life with $350

Here in New Zealand, over a third of people who leave prison are back inside within two years.

Wāhine take the lead in this year's momentous Matariki celebration

Traditionally men have led the karakia for hautapu.

I’m learning to speak up during sex and it's hot

“Looking back, I definitely don't think I enjoyed the majority of the sex that I was having..."

A Vietnamese mother on finding home in her twin daughters

Hương fell pregnant at 20, but she didn’t know it was twins until it was time to push.

The joy and pain Ōtautahi has brought a Pakistani family

“I started wearing the hijab because I felt proud showing that I was Muslim after 15th of March."

How the art of Tātatau is empowering indigenous wāhine in Australia

“Tātatau is so important to me because it’s something I don’t just wear, but it’s something I live.”

We have to stop ignoring youth homelessness

“I hope that our people in power can actually recognise and identify that this is a problem."

Growing up Black and Brazilian in Gisborne

Watch the third episode of Conversations With My Immigrant Parents Season 3 now.

A Palestinian whānau on land, sovereignty and Shortland Street.

"We are loud and we are proud to be Palestinian.”

Fleeing Iran as a teenager was easier than parenting

Watch the first episode from the new season of Conversations With My Immigrant Parents.

Reclaiming our traditions by not using a surname

“The thing that I don’t agree with is that Māori have to have a last name, that is wrong”.

I tried to survive two days in the bush with no gear

Scientists say we are overdue for a major earthquake across the Alpine Fault.

Do you know what the clitoris looks like?

No, that's not a coat hanger, tailbone or the fallopian tube. That my friend, is the clitoris.

Hawai’ians natives inspired to learn language by Māori

"If people do not use the Hawai’ian language, it will cease to exist."

The clitoris: Explained

What we all may think is the clitoris - is just the tip of the iceberg.

Does Invercargill deserve the title of ‘NZ’s Shittest Town’?

“It kind of sucks here, but at least we’re not Gore.”

These women share their breast cancer journey

Wāhine Māori are 1.4 times more likely to die from breast cancer than non - Māori.

What sex advice would you give to your younger self?

“As a bloke, perhaps I'd say to blokes, it's all about the woman.”

Brown Pride: The South Auckland gym ‘by the people, for the people’

Part of the gym's funding was facing the axe as part of Auckland City Council budget cuts.

Rangatahi talk financial goals

Honey Ellis (Tainui, Ngāti Kahungunu) is a social worker turned TikTok educator.

Why my mum could not attend my University graduation in Hawaii

Irene Tawa is the first person in her whānau to graduate from college and managed to do it abroad.

The TikToker helping rangatahi grow their cash

The Māori Money Movement series is created in partnership with Sorted.

How to become your own boss: Rangatahi share their secrets

“ I didn’t choose brick laying, brick laying chose me.”

Growing up Muslim in Southland

Faris shares what it's like being part of the world's southern-most Muslim community.

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