Today’s purakau is the Maori story of how geothermal energy came to Aotearoa. We will follow the footsteps of Ngatoro-i-rangi and his sisters Kuiwai and Haungaroa.
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Pūrakau, Episode 7
Today’s pūrākau takes place in the far north. It is the legend of Rāhiri, his sons and the sacred kite known as Tūhoronuku.
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Pūrakau, Episode 6
Today’s pūrākau is about the heroine Wairaka and the events around how Whakatāne township was named.
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Pūrākau, Episode 5
Today we journey with Kahupeka, a healer from the Waikato region who many places were named after.
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Pūrākau, Episode 4
Today's pūrākau is about one of the most precious treasures of Aotearoa, the pounamu, commonly known as greenstone. This is the story of the beautiful Waitaiki and the taniwha Poutini.
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Purākau, Episode 3
Today we meet the ancestor of Waitākere in west Auckland, known as Tiriwa. Be mesmerised by the magical powers of Tiriwa and learn about one of the most famous islands in the Hauraki Gulf.
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Purākau, Episode 2
Today, Pūrākau takes us to the south island of Aotearoa, to the legend of Rākaihautū and his digging tool.
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Pūrākau, Episode 1
Todays episode is the story of how the name ‘Hokianga Whakapau Karakia’ came to be.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE – Māori family that fled self-isolation facility in Hamilton talks to Te Ao
EXCLUSIVE –Māori family that fled self-isolation facility in Hamilton talks to Te Ao.
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Ka Pai Living, Episode 8
Our two hosts Karen & Kyle have been at war for the entire series. With both of their careers on the line and no gurantees of a new contracts in 2021, who will survive this battle of attrit
