The director of Te Reo and Tikanga for Ngāti Kahungunu wants iwi to revive the custom of farewelling the dead during Matariki. Tatere McLeod says this will comfort those who lose loved ones during the tangihanga ban.
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Māori weaponry "10 Hit Challenge" self-isolation challenge
Māori men and women from across Aotearoa are taking up the challenge to showcase their skills and inspire others with demonstrations of Māori weaponry. #10HitChallenge
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Wānanga teaches tamariki paddling skills and tikanga Māori
This summer outdoor activity facilitators Mātātoa has just received support from local government to run free waka hoe wānanga in Auckland.
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Brazillian business using haka as "cultural appropriation" says expert
A South American businessman has set up a development programme called Haka Training, to help people fulfill their potential in their personal and professional lives. But Māori researcher Karaitiana Taiuru says the man should stop practicing haka and change the name of his business to avoid causing more cultural appropriation.
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Māori powerless to enforce rāhui on their rohe
The Whakatāne river rāhui that was ignored this week has been lifted. Images emerged of commercial and recreational fishing crews carrying on as usual despite local council support. The government agency that overlooks fisheries says it lacks legal power to enforce rāhui.
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"The racism among us needs to stop"- Meng Foon
Newly appointed Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon is calling for official recognition of the New Zealand Land Wars and its devastating impact on Māori. In his first interview in the new role, he discussed Ihumātao, Tuia250 and racism in Aotearoa.
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Connecting Pacific communities through their taonga
Since 2016, more than 5,600 Pacific taonga have been shared with Pacific communities as a part of the Auckland Museum's Pacific Collections Access Project (PCAP). Auckland Museum Tumuaki - Director of Māori and Pacific Development Linnae Pohatu says these objects are now much richer because they have been re-connected to their people through this work.
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A new wave of education revives ancient customs
Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti are reconnecting to the sea and reviving traditional Māori voyaging knowledge through an inter-island sailing vessel, Terehauiti.
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Uawa Nui to Tahiti Nui: Tracing ancestral ties to Tupaia
Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti are taking a 55-strong crew to Tahiti to maintain a cultural connection with the lineage of Tupaia, the Tahitian high priest and great ocean wayfinder who navigated the Endeavour from Tahiti to Aotearoa, where he was hosted by the native Hauiti people of Uawa.
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Keeping tikanga Māori alive through manaakitanga
Although they may be few in numbers, the kaitiaki of Kia Piritahi Marae on Waiheke Island are continuing to uphold tikanga Māori within the community, while also educating the many visitors from Ngā Hau ē Whā (The Four Winds).
