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Meet the Papakura tattoo artist who inks celebrities
Leroy Roberts is on a mission to put Māori art on the map, one tattoo at a time. Jogai Bhatt meets the artist who counts big names among his clients.
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Maori talent alongside Booker & Pulitzer prize winners at Auckland Writers Festival
4 May 2024The Auckland Writers Festival starts on May 14 and its promotional push highlights a roll-call of talent from across the arts; Booker prize winner for 2023… Audio
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Podcast | NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana | Episode 2
29 Apr 2024On the eve the battle, British troops have ringfenced Gate Pa. Māori are out-numbered 7:1. Can they survive the biggest artillery bombardment ever on New… Audio
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Podcast | NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana | Episode 1
29 Apr 2024Paraone Koikoi was at the Battle of Gate Pa in 1864, when Tauranga Moana iwi bested the British army in one of the most humiliating defeats in its history. Now… Audio
Meet the Papakura tattoo artist who inks celebrities
Leroy Roberts is on a mission to put Māori art on the map, one tattoo at a time. Jogai Bhatt meets the artist who counts big names among his clients.
Maori talent alongside Booker & Pulitzer prize winners at Auckland Writers Festival
The Auckland Writers Festival starts on May 14 and its promotional push highlights a roll-call of talent from across the arts; Booker prize winner for 2023, Paul Lynch, plus generations of Maori… Audio
Maori talent alongside Booker & Pulitzer prize winners
The Auckland Writers Festival starts on May 14. Its promotional push highlights a roll-call of talent from across the arts; Booker prize winner for 2023, Paul Lynch, actor Sam Neill, musician Troy… Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Wednesday 1 May
On today's episode, the Remuneration Authority has determined that MPs will get a 10.5 percent pay rise, we get reaction from Labour leader Chris Hipkins as well as from the Taxpayers' Union… Audio
Original Te Tiriti could return to Waitangi
The original Treaty of Waitangi could be returning home for good - more than a 180-years after it was first signed in the Bay of Islands. Reporter Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Podcast | NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana | Episode 2
On the eve the battle, British troops have ringfenced Gate Pa. Māori are out-numbered 7:1. Can they survive the biggest artillery bombardment ever on New Zealand soil and face down the might of… Audio
Podcast | NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana | Episode 1
Paraone Koikoi was at the Battle of Gate Pa in 1864, when Tauranga Moana iwi bested the British army in one of the most humiliating defeats in its history. Now, 160 years later, his great-great-great… Audio
My Tupuna Paraone Koikoi during the conflict in Tauranga Moana
RNZ Podcasts Senior Producer Justine Murray (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi te Rangi) presents her own personal connection to these stories through her tupuna Pāraone Koikoi in the two-part podcast series, NZ…
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Stitching bling, satin & velvet into Toi Māori with Maungarongo Te Kawa
The large wall hung quilts of takatāpui fabric artist and storyteller Maungaronga Te Kawa (Ngāti Porou) leap and sparkle as joyous dance. They are blankets of aroha for a world that needs it.
Yet… Audio
The return of Auē: fast favourites with Becky Manawatu
It’s rare for an Aotearoa New Zealand writer to appear at book festivals about a novel, months out from its release. But then the sequel to a book as beloved and devastating as 2019’s Auē by Becky… Video, Audio
Glenn Colquhoun: 'It's well past time Pākeha sung to Māori'
New Zealand poet and doctor Glenn Colquhoun has released two new books of poetry in te reo Māori, both accompanied by soundtracks. He tells Susie Ferguson about the legacy of Māori oral poetry… Audio
Defaced Te Tiriti exhibition at Te Papa replaced
The wooden panel which was damaged last December has been replaced by a temporary digital display. Te Papa Chief Executive Courtney Johnston spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Auckland University aims to boost Pasifika academic success
Auckland University aims to boost Pasifika academic success. Audio
Lawyers defend blocking Chhour's Waitangi Tribunal summons
Crown lawyers today laid out their case to try and block a Waitangi Tribunal summons issued to the Minister for Children, Karen Chhour. Maori News Editor Taiha Molyneux speaks to Lisa Owen. Audio
Mataaho collective wins Golden Lion award at Venice Biennale
The Mataaho collective, a group of four Maori women won the Golden Lion from a jury at the 60th Venice Biennale, the Oscars of the art world, for their large-scale work Takapau in the main exhibition… Audio
Introducing: NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana
On the morning of 29 April 1864, British colonial forces opened fire on Pukehinahina Gate Pā. This was the first engagement of a military campaign waged against the iwi of Tauranga Moana and their… Audio
Ngahuia te Awekotuku: a story of bravery
As a curator of ethnology at Waikato Museum in the 1980s, Te Awekotuku was among the first to insist museums rethink how they represent Maori culture, both in New Zealand and overseas. In 1981, she… Audio
Shane Jones under fire for criticising Waitangi Tribunal
Government minister Shane Jones is under fire for criticising the Waitangi Tribunal, which has issued a summons for the Children's Minister Karen Chhour. Constitutional expert and barrister Graeme… Audio
Ngati Kahungunu steps in to ease gang tensions in HB
Ngati Kahungunu has stepped in to ease gang tensions after a Hastings rugby match two weekends ago turned violent, and a van carrying a visiting team was shot at. The iwi's chair Bayden Barber spoke… Audio
Maori art pioneer Fred Graham
Mapuna visits Maori artist Fred Graham at his home in Waiuku at the lower reaches of the Manukau Harbour. He was part of a generation of young Maori artists who emerged after World War Two who forged… Audio
