A national science challenge study of Māori brain health will draw on whakairo (carving), karakia (prayer and incantation), mōteatea (chanted song-poetry) and other traditional sources to understand how Māori view the brain.
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Ngāti Awa leads karakia to commemorate lives lost in Whakaari eruption
Iwi members held a karakia or dawn ceremony at Te Hau o te Rangi, a reserve on the Whakatāne foreshore looking out toward White Island.
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Te Teko hold karakia for community following tragic murder in township
A tragic murder is just one of the incidents that have hit the small town of Te Teko, with gang brawls, drug busts and car accidents also hurting the community.
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Māori muslims return to mosques for Friday karakia
Muslims across the motu can now hold their Friday prayer worship services for the first time in two months. Māori muslim Tyrone Smith says that they will do their best to remember their 'invisible hongi' and awhi-ā-wairua.
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Keeping the faith during hard times in lockdown
As whare karakia prepare to open across the country, we reflect on the importance of spiritual connection during lockdown.
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Thousands worldwide benefit from wānanga and karakia hosted live online by Te Waati
Māori movement practitioner Ngarino Tauwhirowhiro Te Waati has been helping hundreds of people during the lockdown by hosting wānanga and karakia via the Turuki Health Facebook page.
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NewsTaitokerau whānau participate in worldwide fast
Shane and Bronwyn Wikaira, and their 10 children are one of the hundreds of families across the world that are participating in a 24-hour fast from food and water in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Churches across Aotearoa suspend services- Covid-19
Three major religious denominations have decided to suspend their church services due to COVID-19.
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Aotearoa pastor couple inspired to help comfort Samoa
The belief of a higher power can make a difference, and impact people, even at their lowest point in life. That is what brings husband and wife Pastors Stacey and Hiraina Raika to Samoa, on a spiritual mission to help those who have been affected by the devastation of the measles outbreak.
