Te Mangai Paho
The rangatahi helping revitalise waka hourua
"This mahi deepens my connection to our ancestors and atua Māori."
The traditions connecting rangatahi to the Māori Land Wars
“When they step into that realm, they feel a shift, a movement in the wairua.”
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”.
These women share their breast cancer journey
Wāhine Māori are 1.4 times more likely to die from breast cancer than non - Māori.
How to become your own boss: Rangatahi share their secrets
“ I didn’t choose brick laying, brick laying chose me.”
What it means to be from Tūhoe
“ Just like riding horses and going hunting, and yeah…feel like I’m a Māori”
The reality of buying a home in your 20s
“We want to be millionaires, rich in whenua.”
My dream is to perform at Te Matatini: I have been trialling for 5 years
“This has been a long time coming for me to this Te Matatini”
Would you rather: know how you die, or when you die?
“Live it up till that moment comes, and then woop”
Would you rather: pause time or rewind time
“I’d die with both of those options”
How to make boil up on a budget
Here’s a cheap recipe from Aunty Trish to help feed your flat or whānau.
Radio hosts Tegan Yarworth and Azura Lane guess kupu Māori
“More, give us more!”
Guessing kupu Māori: Whisper Challenge
“For me it was easy.”
“Don’t lie, bro.”
‘There’s no B in te reo Māori’: Whisper Challenge
Here’s a fun way to add some new kupu to your kite this Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.
Is it OK to buy your own pounamu? Tikanga explained
“This work connects me to my ancestors - to my dad and the work he does."
Taking waka ama from Waikato to the world
"When I'm on the water, it's always energising and makes me feel happy."
Dad and I had our reo taken: Here’s how we got it back
“My children won’t feel the same shame my dad and I once felt.”
Meet the NZ DJ who turned Twitch into a full-time job
“Being yourself is so much more valuable than trying to mimic or trying to imitate someone else.”
Candidate for world’s best job: travelling Aotearoa with horses
“Māori really know how to connect to horses. The horse can really sense that spiritual essence..."
Hidden Figure$: The secret Insta account helping people grow & save cash
“What does it take to blow $10,000 a year? Just $27.40 a day in miscellaneous spending.”
How this trainee navigator uses a star compass to sail waka
“It’s not as though this knowledge is new, it’s an intrinsic part of who we are.”
How to say your pepeha: Tikanga explained
“Every iwi has their own way of reciting their pepeha.”
Inside NZ’s pro wrestling scene: ‘Step in the ring if you think it’s fake’
“We do have some good guys, we do have some bad guys but both feed off the same energy.”
Building a Sydney marae: Our culture must thrive in another land
“We are told from our people, we need this.”
How Māori celebrants are indigenising weddings
“For some people it’s just wanting to pay homage or incorporate their culture.”
‘I’ll take the leftovers’: rangatahi react to eating kina
“I have eaten kina once in my whole entire life: I know, 10 brownie points taken off me as a Māori.”
Why 23-year-old TV personality D'Angelo Martin gave up alcohol
“I want to live how our ancestors did.”
“Ko te hiahia kia ora pērā i te wā e ora ai o mātou tīpuna.
How to harvest kūmara: ‘Māori can’t connect to a carrot’
“The history of the kūmara goes way back; it’s in our DNA, it’s in our whakapapa."
‘Steal their land!’: painful truth of NZ’s history at Rangiriri
“They’ve never known the truth, they’ve always known the Pākehā version.”
Inside a Māori Religion: The Rātana movement
"We're trying to spark up people's life force to bring them back to fullness."