The Aotearoa U19 women's waka ama crew 'Hinetoa' have been crowned world champions at the 2019 IVF Va'a World Distance Champs.
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Weaving together people, culture and heritage
The largest tukutuku panels in the world are being constructed for a new Māori design that will stand at the Cook Landing Site National Reserve in Gisborne, known by Māori as Puhi Kai Iti. Ngāti Oneone artist Nick Tupara says the project aims to balance out the way Māori and Pākehā history is presented.
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'Tupapa- Our Stand, Our Story'- telling stories from a Māori perspective
Following the overwhelming response to the graffiti on the statue of Captain Cook in Gisborne, we now take a look at the award-winning 'Tupapa - Our Stand. Our Story' multimedia experience, which aims to balance the mainstream narrative by presenting stories from the perspective of local Tūranga iwi.
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A celebration, or a commemoration?
National MP Paul Goldsmith wants the fact that Māori and Pākehā did meet, "imperfections and all", to be celebrated through Tuia Encounters 250, which marks 250 years since the arrival of Captain Cook and the Endeavour. The Minister in charge of Tuia 250, Māori-Crown Relations Minister Kelvin Davis says it's a commemoration, not a celebration.
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Endeavour replica reveals racism
A petition opposing a replica of the Endeavour coming to Aotearoa for the Tuia Encounters 250 commemorations is being shared online. The replica is part of a flotilla that will voyage around Aotearoa marking 250 years since the first encounters between Māori and Pākehā.
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Te Tairāwhiti rangatahi call on community to be Smokefree
Today is the international smokefree day and rangatahi in the Gisborne area, with support of the Tairawhiti Smokefree Collective, are encouraging their community to be smokefree, as Te Tairāwhiti hosts the highest rates of smoking in New Zealand.
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Creating art with substance
Should mortuary waste be separated from the main treated effluent flow? Te Ao Māori News hears from Māori artist Christie Tawhai Patumaka who is raising awareness around the issue.
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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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Artists challenge commemoration of Captain Cook's 'discovery' of NZ
A cohort of Māori artists is opposing Tuia 250, which commemorates the first contact between Māori and Europeans. The exhibition, 'He Tirohanga ki Tai - Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery', will be exhibited in New York, in conjunction with the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues.
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2019 Bunnings Junior National Touch Championship, U16 Boys, Tūranga v Hawkes Bay.
Under 16 Boys from the Bunnings 2019 Junior Touch National Championships held in Rotorua: Tūranga v Hawkes Bay. S1E04
