Two hunter-gatherers from Te Tairawhiti are teaming up to empower their community through an open day called "Creating Space" that aims to teach people skills and tips about gathering, preparing and cooking wild meat and kaimoana.
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Navigating the tides of climate change and challenging human behavior
As the Tahitian ocean voyaging vessel Fa'afaite moves around Aotearoa for Tuia250, the conversation on land is centred around sustainability in the Pacific Ocean, where islands like Tahiti are facing the realitiy of climate change, plastic pollution and overconsumption.
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Time is running out to vote in Tairāwhiti
This year, the most Māori ever are running for Gisborne's District Council (GDC). But with two days left, only 1/3 of electors have voted.
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Connecting through culture and lineage
Te Aitanga a Hauiti are hosting a group of Tahitians from Mahina and Raiatea in a cultural exchange, honouring their ancestor Tupaia who navigated aboard the Endeavour to Aotearoa in 1769. The occasion has been marked with the unveiling of a significant art installation acknowledging ahi kā.
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Māori artists initiate conversation through creative protest
The 'NATIVE VOICES: Ko Au, Ko Mātau' exhibition at Tairawhiti museum is providing a platform for indigenous dialogue through art, responding to and challenging the commemoration of the arrival of Captain Cook.
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"Stop the smoking thing, and sing"
Tūranga Healths’ new 'Auahi Kore-oke' programme encourages locals to quit smoking by using the medium of singing and competition.
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Ngāti Porou to hold new Reo Preservation Hui
This week a new-look language symposium will be held in 'Kei te aha' country, with the aim of regenerating and retaining the unique Ngāti Porou dialect. Our reporter Te Kuru Dewes hears from one of the original Ngāti Porou cowboys, Morehu Te Maro, about his thoughts on Te Reo.
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Crown listens to Ngāti Porou about saving the Raukumara Forest
The Crown are working towards a commitment with Ngāti Porou and others to manage the Raukūmara Range, which the iwi say has areas at imminent risk of biodiversity collapse.
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Ngāti Porou move closer to realising aspirations for Mana Moana
Ngāti Porou and the Crown are working together to fulfill the Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill, following a visit by the Prime Minister and other cabinet ministers to the Ngati Porou - Crown Taumata.
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Changing the mental health discourse with ‘Mahi a Atua’
Consultant psychiatrist Dr Diana Kopua is calling for a stronger focus on indigenous knowledge in mental health, pointing to recent provisional health statistics that show disproportionately high rates of Māori suicide. Kopua delivered a keynote address to the Māori Law Society at their annual conference in Wellington.
