A carved taonga has been found in a park in West Auckland and its finder is hoping to return it to its rightful owner.
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Indigenous filmmaker wants rangatahi to embrace puoro as much as kapa haka
Rangatahi filmmaker Komako Silver's (Ngāpuhi) latest documentary film Puoro premiered this week. It's the first of six brand new short films developed as part of Someday Stories, a new initiative from The Outlook for Someday sustainability film project for young people.
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Moriori and Māori ancestors remains returned
The remains of Moriori and Māori ancestors have been returned to New Zealand with the support of the city of Bremen in Germany. The Mayor of Bremen says possession of the collection contravenes human dignity and made an apology to Māori. A delegation from Te Papa Museum travelled to Germany to return the ancestors back to New Zealand.
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Māori artist upset over misuse of her identity
Māori artist Paitangi Ostick alleges an American author known as Rue has misused her cultural identity for a new book. Ostick spoke to Kawe Kōrero Reporters and says the author has also misappropriated Māori culture.
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Mystery over missing patu
A rare Māori carved whalebone patu (short-handled club) has been returned to its people of Te Arawa since it was discovered missing in January. The taonga symbolises the partnership between Te Arawa and the Rotorua Lakes Council.
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New short film honours return of Northland chief Te Pahi's medal
Ko Te Hokinga Mai o te Taonga Nui me te Mauri o Te Pahi is a new short film that documents the return of Bay of Island chief Te Pahi's silver medal from Australia. The medal was gifted to the senior Northland chief by New South Wales Governor Phillip King in 1806.
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Taonga signifies relationship between Auckland and Kansai
As the World Masters Games closes here in Auckland we meet the weavers and the carvers behind the specially created mauri representing Māui and adorned in rare Albatross feathers, a gift for the Japan 2021 World Masters Games.
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Waka Huia stands strong 30 years on
For thirty years Waka Huia has been capturing, promoting and preserving the most prized and personal stories from within Māori communities on the silver screen, and after thousands of episodes, it is still going strong.
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Rotorua Council's plea for missing whale bone patu
A short-handled club, which symbolises the partnership between Te Arawa and the council, has been allegedly stolen from Rotorua Lakes Council. The taonga made of whalebone went missing from its display case in the council chambers and its loss is being treated as theft.
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Police use Social Media to find original owners of taonga
Māori heirlooms handed into police over 10 years ago are still currently sitting unclaimed. The police now warn that if a last ditch effort to find the owners is not successful, they will be put away permanently into a "special cabinet" on their premises. But thanks to media coverage and social media, the police believe they may have finally found the owner.
