Te Ao Māori
New law makes it harder to overturn Māori wards
New legislation has been announced that would give councils more power to establish and protect Māori wards.
The change was announced by Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta…
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…
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?
TEEKS on being Māori in a mostly Pākehā music industry
TEEKS and Matariki Bennett have a beautiful kōrero at a beautiful location.
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.
Māori Silver Scroll nominees on what it means to be an indigenous musician
Māori Silver Scroll nominees on what it means to be an indigenous songwriter or composer in 2020.
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.
11 people from Ngāti Porou share their views on cannabis
Kaikōrero (speakers) of the Ngāti Porou dialect share what they think about tarutaru (cannabis).
Recognising Matariki as a public holiday enables society to thrive
In February 2021 the government announced Matariki would be made a public holiday.
In this essay from 2020, Qiane Matata-Sipu writes about her hope that decision-makers would prioritise wellness,…
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.
Māori-Asian solidarity in Aotearoa can be game-changing
When we talk about race relations in this country, how often do we consider the relations between Asian tauiwi and tangata whenua? It’s time for all…
Protestors marched against a new dump they say will 'poison the Kaipara Harbour’
Hundreds of protestors marched down Queen Street in a hīkoi against the Dome Valley dump proposal.
Seven people tell us how they're resetting 2020 this Matariki
Matariki, the Māori new year, begins on July 13th. How are we resetting?
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 'Bob Ross' of Māori carving has become an overnight streaming sensation
Twitch streamer Broxh loves his culture and his art form, and he wants to share it with the world. During lockdown, he started streaming his whakairo…
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…
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
Checking in on Te Kao’s Far North Covid Checkpoint
How this remote town in the far, far north is keeping their community safe from Covid.
Our greatest leaders have always thought intergenerationally
On learning lessons from the visionaries who plant seeds for our mokopuna to harvest.