To the East Coast now, where the rural, isolated community of Anaura Bay is hosting the inaugural Matangirua Waka Festival 2019. The festival brings experience waka experts, crew and families together to develop the growing knowledge base around inter-island sailing.
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Keeping the mana of C Company in the East Coast
Walton Walker, chairman of Ngā Taonga a Ngā Tama Toa Trust, who represent descendants of C Company, has condemned a move by the Waitangi National Trust to build a memorial house for all companies of the 28th Māori Battalion at Waitangi without the support of C Company descendants.
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NewsMāori DNA "a taonga"
Māori customary rights doctoral researcher Karaitiana Taiuru is urging Māori to share their views with the Law Commission as they seek public submissions on DNA testing.
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Ngāti Oneone re-tell accurate history of Gisborne
A memorial is being built by Ngāti Oneone in Gisborne to honour their ancestor Te Maro who was shot dead by Captain Cook when he first made landfall in New Zealand.
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Pikiao descendants retrace ancestral Pā site
Over 100 descendants of Te Arawa chief Pikiao are retracing the footsteps of their ancestor to his ancient settlement at the ancestral Waikato mountain of Taupiri.
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Normalising tikanga Māori through music
Ria Hall is breaking through to mainstream and normalising Māori protocols through her performance. She opened the Splore festival this weekend with a uniquely Māori feel.
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Waimana host first youth wānanga
Tūhoe's Waimana youth hosted their inaugural rangatahi wānanga aimed at bringing both local youth and those living outside the region back to their homeland to learn their Tūhoe culture.
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Native Affairs- Where the whakapapa are you?
Hohepa Thompson is unapologetic about his work, especially his newest art exhibition titled ‘F#*k-a-Papa’
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Māori Astronomy exhibition double-finalist at NZ Museum Awards
Waikato Museum exhibition "Te Whānau Mārama: The Heavenly Bodies" was a double-finalist at the 2017 Service IQ New Zealand Museum Awards. Curated by Dr Rangi Matamua, Dr Hemi Whaanga, Dr Ann Hardy and Hohepa Tuahine from the University of Waikato, the exhibition shines the spotlight on Māori astronomy and how it is being revitalised.
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Māori identity is in the eyes of the beholder – Paraone Gloyne
Renowned Māori leaders Pou Temara and Paraone Gloyne said to Te Kāea today that Māori identity is in the eyes of the beholder. This statement follows the DNA test results of Native Affairs presenter Oriini Kaipara which revealed her as being full-blooded Māori.
