Te Ao Māori: The interviews
Our best interviews from Te ao Māori in 2020.
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There’s some conversations to be had among Māori about how to develop some trust around sharing these stories.”
From 2022 New Zealand history will be taught in all schools and kura. History lessons are expected to range from the arrival of Māori to the evolving identity of the country. Dr Aroha Harris says there are many things to consider as the country gets ready for compulsory history in schools.
The first Assistant Māori Commissioner for Children
Glenis Philip-Barbara, no Ngāti Porou me Ngati Uepōhatu, says the role acknowledges Te Tiriti in practice and is committed to shining a light on how the system is and isn't working for tamariki.
So I think ...the challenge back to the squeaky wheels, is give it a go
Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders joined together to speak, sing and celebrate te reo Māori during Māori language week. Professor Rawinia Higgins says it's great to see wins, but the process to thoroughly revitalise te reo Māori is a long one.
The art of pūoro
Ariana Tikao is a composer and performer of Kāi Tahu descent whose waiata bring to life ancestral stories. She is a passionate exponent of the indigenous musical instruments of Aotearoa and is committed to the ongoing project of celebrating and playing taonga pūoro.
Priming the primary sector: Rachel Taulelei
Rachel Taulelei (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Rarua, Ngāti Koata) is the CEO of Kono, and a former US Trade Commissioner, who sits on the Prime Minister's Business Advisory Council, and chairs New Zealand's APEC Business Advisory Council.
Whakapapa through portraiture: Taaniko Nordstrom
In 2016 Soldiers Rd started a project called Behind the Wire- Rangatahi ki Rangatira.
This social enterprise involves them taking portraits of inmates at the Te Ao Mārama Māori Focus Unit at Waikeria Prison in the Waikato as a means of re-connecting them with their cultural identity and whakapapa through portraiture.
Death, mana and Peter Ellis: lawyer Natalie Coates
New Zealand legal history was made this year when the Supreme Court allowed former Christchurch Civic Creche worker Peter Ellis's appeal against charges of sexual offending to continue, despite the fact he died in September last year.
Ellis' lawyer Natalie Coates speaks about the case and the cultural significance of the precedent.
How does a 13-year-old boy, a mokopuna of the chief of Wharekauri, end up accompanying a European painter to Sydney?
Descendants of Māori Chief Pomare Ngatata from Rēkohu say the recent discovery of the oldest known portrait of a Māori has opened up a new chapter into their whakapapa.
The hard stuff - power sharing, trusting Māori, funding Māori initiatives - that's the hardest thing to make happen
Trainee doctor and award-winning writer Emma Espiner (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou) explores the front lines of healthcare in New Zealand.
Translating Dr Seuss into te reo Māori
Dr Karena Kelly, a specialist in Māori language and linguistics, took on the task of translating Seuss’ last book published before his death Oh, The Places You’ll Go.