Māori
Chevron Hasset on being the only working class Māori at his art school | The Outliers
“Working class Māori don’t actually attend art school.”
Chevron Hasset is an artist who was raised in Naenae, Lower Hutt. He shares what it was like to…
The artist making bangers in a te reo Māori renaissance | The Outliers
“I’m a bridge. I don’t have to belong to just one culture, occupy this one space. I can be this in-between.” Rei calls himself “the creator…
Musician Isla Reeves on bipolar and reconnecting with her Māoritanga | The Outliers
"I had this calling to be part of te ao Māori, and recognise my own Māori-ness." Christchurch poet and musician Isla Reeves gets candid about her…
A 64 Bars debut from Ranuimarz that’s “full of mana”
“When they hear Ranuimarz, they know exactly where I’m from.”
Ranuimarz and fellow West Aucklander Melodownz meet up ahead of Ranuimarz’s explosive 64 Bars debut at Red…
Māori Mermaid on how being Māori is a healing process | The Outliers
“I would say, oh I’m Māori. I’m Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Ruanui. You’d get challenged. You’d get oh, but how much Māori? What percentage are you?”
Jess Thompson…
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?
Disruptors 5: The art of coping and monetising grief
“To be an artist is to suffer.” The old adage coined by famed philosopher Aldous Huxley kicked off the fifth episode of Disruptors, which is the…
Meet your new Māori MPs
Plus words of advice from Kiri Allan who was in their position three years ago.
Dr. Keri Milne-Ihimaera | Māori and Education: 'Kia ora, Miss!'
She's devoted her life to proving the brilliance of Māori in a Pākehā education sector.
Stan or Not Stan with Stan Walker
Stan Walker gives his verdict on legalising cannabis, mullets and Daddy Bloomfield.
Khylee Quince | Māori and Jails: Locked Up
Associate Professor Khylee Quince (Te Roroa, Ngāti Porou) is a straight talker who doesn't deviate from the facts when it comes to the New Zealand justice…
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…
Te Kuru o Te Marama Dewes | Māori and Decolonisation: The Indigenous Liberation
Pro-activism is in his whakapapa, it's in his DNA.
Ngāti Porou on what makes them different to other iwi
"The way they walk, their talk, their cheek and rugged manner." People of Ngāti Porou share what distinguishes them from other iwi.
22 kaikōrero (speakers) of the…
Seven students tell us why they’re learning te reo Māori
Seven students tell us why they’re learning te reo Māori.
Raniera Harrison is using podcasts to revitalise te reo Māori
This week Re: released the latest chapter of The Taumata Kōrero, a podcast that digs deep into how Māori view themselves and their world in modern-day…
Te Ataakura Pewhairangi | Māori and Kura Kaupapa Māori: The Kura Kids
Welcome to The Taumata Kōrero.
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…
At Tapu Te Ranga marae, Matariki brings rebirth after the fire
In the early hours of June 9th last year, Tapu Te Ranga, an urban marae in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) caught fire and quickly burnt to the…
One year since police served an eviction notice at Ihumātao, the resistance lives on
One year since police served an eviction notice at Ihumātao, the resistance lives on.
Seven people tell us how they're resetting 2020 this Matariki
Matariki, the Māori new year, begins on July 13th. How are we resetting?
Endless stories of racism in NZ schools
A question posed on Instagram has sparked a conversation about racism in NZ schools.
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…
As attitudes shift, more wāhine are carrying moko kauae
More wāhine are carrying moko kauae as we work to dismantle the impacts of colonisation.
The things that stop us from returning to our homelands
City girl Geneva shares reflections and regrets of visiting her kuia’s birthplace for the first time
Our greatest leaders have always thought intergenerationally
On learning lessons from the visionaries who plant seeds for our mokopuna to harvest.
The stories underneath the concrete
Making an effort to learn about the history beneath our feet.
Decolonising gender and sexuality in Wellington city
Te Whanganui-a-Tara, political hub of Aotearoa and a city that carries the rep of being home to individuals all free to express themselves. This was the…
To be Māori is to be everything you could possibly be
Before moving to the city Kahu Kutia typically thought of Māori in the city as disconnected. But she learned that for some Māori, the city is…
The space we need to feel seen
In episode two of the podcast He Kākano Ahau, Kahu Kutia travels to Ōtautahi to look at what it's like for Māori moving to the city…