Tayi Tibble

I took one of those DNA test kits to find out who I am | Māori and the City

In every child without a relationship with their father exists the melodramatic question: who am I?

35 years of iconic NZ fashion house NOM*d

What’s kept NOM*d so relevant, aspirational and darkly cool for the last 35 years?

Paris Hilton made me realise I had an unhealthy relationship | Māori and the City

As a child-genius pop culture historian, Tayi Tibble has closely watched Paris Hilton since she was six. But Paris’ new documentary showed something Tayi had never…

My Māori new year’s resolution is to stop spending time with people who drain my mana

In this month’s edition of Māori and the City, Tayi Tibble talks about ways to protect your wairua and mana.

The first time I ever heard the…

The time I tried to tag the Endeavour, and other thoughts on racist monuments

Statues of colonisers, slave traders and racists are being pulled down as part of a global reckoning with racism. In light of that, for this month’s…

Māori and the City: stuck inside my whare with only my dumb brain for company

When Kylie Jenner said 2016 was the year of “realising things” she had no idea 2020 was about to pull up in a facemask. Ever since…

What does it mean to be urban Māori?

Today we launch a series on urban Māori identity. It features He Kākano Ahau, a podcast by Kahu Kutia (Ngāi Tūhoe), and Māori and the City,…

Māori and the City: finding a flat in Wellington is the second-worst trauma after colonisation

This was supposed to be the first installment of Māori and the City, a new monthly column by Tayi Tibble. But then coronavirus happened and it…

Māori and the City: a new monthly column by Tayi Tibble

Today we launch the first installment of Māori and the City, a monthly column by Tayi Tibble. Originally, the first piece of writing was gonna be…