Te Ao Māori
Māori scientists feel pressured to educate colleagues for free
New research highlights how Māori scientists are expected to raise the cultural capacity of their organisations without dedicated time or pay.
The research, published this month in…
Why Māori need to be a priority for the Covid-19 vaccine
Today the government announced who will be prioritised to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Two million New Zealanders will get their first dose in the next four…
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei challenge Crown proposal to give significant land to another iwi
They say they are mana whenua of Central Auckland and should have been notified.
Matariki will be a new public holiday from June next year
It will celebrate the Māori new year marked by the Matariki star cluster.
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?
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…
An 18-year-old on the importance of te reo Māori regional dialects
An 18-year-old from Ngāti Porou on the the importance of regional differences in te reo Māori.
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…
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,…
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…
Seven people tell us how they're resetting 2020 this Matariki
Matariki, the Māori new year, begins on July 13th. How are we resetting?
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…
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…