A former Ngāti Rānana performer is on a mission to revive waka culture in his hau kāinga. Tredegar Hall, a paddler from Ngāti Rauhoto hapū, spent his Waitangi Day with his local waka ama club teaching newcomers from around the world our ancestral sport.
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"Leave your ideas up north"- Hicks Bay whānau say to Shane Jones
Whānau in Wharekahika are fighting against the government’s proposal to build a port to barge logs out of Hicks Bay in Te Tairāwhiti.
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Tuia250: An opportunity for Māori to tell their side of the story
A flotilla of traditional waka haurua and European vessels will embark on a voyage around Aotearoa later this year to commemorate the first encounters between Māori and Pākehā. Master navigator Captain Jack Thatcher, the official kaitiaki for the Tuia 250 Voyage, says it's an opportunity for Māori to tell their side of the story.
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NewsMoana NZ workers strike for living wage
Fisheries workers at the country's largest iwi-owned fishing company, Moana New Zealand, are taking strike action today and demanding to be paid the living wage.
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Veteran waveskiing on a wave of good health
Steve Gibbs of Ngāi Tāmanuhiri has been crowned veteran champion at the NZ Open Waveskii Surfing Titles for 2019 in Gisborne. The two-time world champion says waveskiing is a way to maintain a healthy lifestyle and stay active while advancing in years.
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Traditional ocean voyaging providing education and lifestyle
To the East Coast now, where the rural, isolated community of Anaura Bay is hosting the inaugural Matangirua Waka Festival 2019. The festival brings experience waka experts, crew and families together to develop the growing knowledge base around inter-island sailing.
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Moana to be performed in te reo Māori at Disney On Ice
For the first time ever, Disney’s Moana is coming to Aotearoa to be performed in te reo Māori at the hugely popular Disney On Ice show.
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Moana and the Moahunters to receive award at Taite Music Prize
Moana and the Moahunters will be awarded the Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) Classic Record Award for their 1993 album Tahi at this year’s Taite Music Prize awards.
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Māori claimants still seek rights to marine and coastal areas
The latest Waitangi Tribunal hearing for Wai 2660, dealing with the Marine and Coastal (Takutai Moana Act) 2011 Inquiry, took place at Waiwhetu Marae in Lower Hutt today. Iwi claimants from around the country gathered to make their submissions to the tribunal for the rights to their coastal water areas.
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Coastal marae at risk of rising sea levels
A Ngati Porou kaitiaki says she is not surprised at the findings of a local government report that shows rising seas putting $14bil worth of council-owned assets at risk. However, Tui Warmenhoven says coastal marae are at risk too and this could have severe cultural impacts.
