Sunday, 30 June 2013
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Ranginui Walker
6:31 PM.What's becoming glaringly apparent to Constitutional Advisory Panel member Ranginui Walker, is that New Zealand's education system is in need of a solid civics and history revamp. He discusses that… Read more Audio
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Jack Thatcher
6:11 PM.There's nothing quite like walking in the footsteps of your ancestors or in the case of Jack Thatcher, sailing - to marvel at their fortitude, skill, and ability in navigating the largest ocean in the… Read more Audio
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Whakatāuki: Matariki ahunga nui
6:06 PM.Matariki ahunga nui.
Matariki has many admirers.
Explained by Jamie McCaskill nō Ngāti Tamatera. Audio
Matariki hunga nui
Matariki of many admirers
This week’s whakatāuki explained by Jamie McCaskill nō Ngāti Tamatera
In Te Ahi Kaa this week, Emeritus Professor Ranginui Walker nō Te Whakatōhea is one of the 12 members of an independent government appointed Constitutional Advisory Panel. The panel is tasked with travelling the country, listening and recording New Zealanders views about the constitution which will then be reported back to the government at the end of 2013. Maraea Rakuraku gets the lowdown on the hui to date.
Celestial Navigator Jack Thatcher and the waka departure from Auckland on August 17, 2012.
On an overcast, cold winter morning in Tauranga Moana, Justine Murray visits the home of Jack Thatcher who at the time was cooking roast duck for tea. Slightly different from the diet of kaimoana, and non-perishable kai he had lived on as Master Navigator on board traditional waka - Ngahiraka mai Tawhiti and Te Aurere II crossing Te Moana nui a Kiwa (The Pacific Ocean), just weeks earlier. He recalls aspects of the 10,000 nautical mile journey.
Waiata featured: ‘He Tāonga’ performed by Whirimako Black from the album Hinepukohurangi-Shrouded in the mist (2000); ‘Sensitive to a Smile’ performed by Aotearoa Reggae All Stars (2013)