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Artist Hohepa 'Hori' Thompson
12:47 PM.Hohepa 'the Hori' Thompson is the man behind the popular shop and art gallery HORI, located in Otaki, started in 2012, that dares to be different. Audio
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Hangi Master Rewi Spraggon builds new pits on Mangere Mountain
12:12 PM.Hangi Master Rewi Spraggon is building new community hangi pits on Mangere Mountain in Auckland. It's part of the his approach to retain the tikanga of hangi-making, as well as the fine traditons of… Read more Audio
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Piripi Curtis on the legacy of his father Ta Toby Curtis
12:10 PM.Prominent Maori educator Ta Toby Curtis died last August and his son Piripi joins Julian Wilcox to discuss his father's legacy and just released memoir which lays out a vision for a more equitable… Read more Audio
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New drama by writer Sherilee Kahui, Whakaaraara
12:45 PM.The Maori and Pasifika writers collective Maranga Mai is launching five new dramas by a group of women writers. Among them is Sherilee Kahui with her new work, Whakaaraara, about a young mother's… Read more Audio
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What might NZ constitution based on the treaty look like?
12:10 PM.A major constitutional korero was held in Auckland over three days this week. Among the speakers was Supreme Court Justice Sir Joe Williams and a host of speakers from around the world including North… Read more Audio
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Carved panels journey to New York, Geneva and London
12:45 PM.The story begins in the early 1800s in Peropero swamp, just north of Waitara. Taranaki was teetering on the edge of what would be almost a century of war, and Te Atiawa hapu moved quickly to dismantle… Read more Audio
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Te Rawhitiroa Bosch on new 'multi-sensory' exhibition
12:12 PM.Te Rawhitiroa Bosch is the creator and photographer for the new Te Papa exhibition He Kaupapa Waka. He says the focus is on a 'multi-sensory experience' including photos, art work and waka that can be… Read more Audio
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Te Aurere's voyage of rediscovery: 'Our waka brought us home'
12:43 PM.Thirty years ago, a crew of rangatahi led by Hekenukumai Busby set sail on a bold voyage of rediscovery to Rarotonga and back, rekindling a knowledge which had been lost while also proving a point.
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Ariana Tikao: 'Moko kauae is becoming a big part of who we are again'
12:45 PM.Musician and writer Ariana Tikao shares intimate photos from her moko kauae (facial tattoo) ceremony in the new book Mokorua. Read more Audio
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Farah Palmer on growth of Women's Rugby World Cup
12:10 PM.Dr Farah Palmer won the World Cup three times with the Black Ferns and is now deputy chair of New Zealand Rugby Board. What does she make of the growth of the tournament as the New Zealand prepares to… Read more Audio
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Steve Saunders: 'Culture eats strategy any day of the week'
12:45 PM.Why are American food producers choosing to work with a robotics company based in Tauranga? Partly because of a strong company culture founded in Māori values like manakitanga [hospitality] and… Read more Audio
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Robin Hapi, winner of Dame Mira Szazy Lifetime Award
12:15 PM.Robin Hapi's caution and calm have been hugely influential in some of Maoridom's most turbulent challenges of the past 30 years. He was chief executive of the Waitangi Fisheries Commission, helping to… Read more Audio
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Artist Piri Cowie
12:45 PM.Take a walk around Christchurch City now and you will see a city still being rebuilt, but with a growing bustle and vibrancy. You will also notice the growing influence of Maori design, narrative… Read more Audio
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Stories from Te Tai Tokerau
12:10 PM.From peacemakers and strategists to explorers and entrepreneurs, writers Melinda Webber and Te Kapua O'Connor introduce a new generation to 24 tupuna of Te Tai Tokerau including Nukutawhiti… Read more Audio
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Musician Louis Baker
12:50 PM.Ngapuhi musician Louis Baker has collaborated with Jerome Kavanaugh playing taonga puoro and now he's heading to the upcoming Wellington Jazz Festival. Baker's latest work includes coming to terms… Read more Audio
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Restoration of Ōhaeawai battle site
12:15 PM.Mapuna visits Ohaeawai, scene of the battle in July 1845 between the forces of Ngapuhi chief Kawiti and British troops. After a week bombarding the low-lying fortified pa the British attempted to… Read more Audio
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Ta Tipene O'Regan on monarchy, identity & Aotearoa New Zealand
12:12 PM.Mapuna is in Otautahi-Christchurch to meet Ta Tipene O'Regan, who was named New Zealander of the year for 2022. As a leader of Ngai Tahu, he was crucial in securing the iwi's treaty settlement in the… Read more Audio
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Will Maori become tenants in their own land by 2061?
12:45 PM.Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman was recently at Harvard University and his studies include indigenous relationships to the land and environment. He says in Aotearoa 71 per cent of Maori owned homes in 1936… Read more Audio
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Ocean going waka soon to depart Tauranga
12:10 PM.The ocean going waka Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti is scheduled to depart Tauranga on Monday for a trip around part of the North Island. The crew have been trained by celestial navigator Jack Thatcher who has… Read more Audio
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The debates were fierce and now 'they've mellowed'
12:40 PM.Chris Wikaira was the Maori Issues correspondent at RNZ in the late 1990s. He says the panel discussion featured some of the big players from the 1990s but now 'they've mellowed' because the debates… Read more Audio
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30th anniversary of the Sealords Deal
12:12 PM.This week was 30 years since the signing of the Maori Fisheries Settlement. In this special episode of Mapuna we reflect on three decades since that signing on the 23rd of September 1992. Read more Audio
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Research on St Joseph's unearths diaries dating back to 1901
12:45 PM.The launch of Malcolm Mulholland's book was held in St Joseph's school hall with students performing several waiata. A tribute was also paid to 90-year old Sister Sarah Greenlees who helped uncover… Read more Audio
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Dame Georgina Kingi
12:12 PM.Today Mapuna features St Joseph's Maori Girls College in the Hawkes Bay which is the subject of a comprehensive new book by Malcolm Mulholland. But no story about St Joseph's can be told without… Read more Audio
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Author Tim Tipene on his books and the struggle for acceptance
12:45 PM.Tim Tipene has written children's books around two characters called Pipi and Pou. Tipene was adopted into the Waitai-Tipene whanau as a toddler. His immediate family were abusive and violent and his… Read more Audio