Te Uhi a Mataora: Tā Derek Lardelli

Whano au riakina  Whano au mahea  Whanoa te aukawa ki waho  Whanoa te aureka ki roto Te iri. Te urunga tū. Te urunga pae. Te urunga mātiketike. Te urunga mārangaranga  Te pō hākune atu  Te pō hākune mai  Ko tōu aro i tahuri mai  Ko tōku aro i tahuri atu  Takina ko au, takina ko …

Pádraig Ó Tuama

By Aaron David Boyens photo by Trevor Brady Pádrag Ó Tuama. Of Cork, in the southwest of Ireland. A poet, theologian, peace practitioner and group facilitator. He has published work in both poetry and prose, told and heard stories across the world, enabled groups to speak and listen across borders and prejudices, and found words …

The Rise of the Indigenous Mind

Ko New Mexico te whenua, ko Tewa Indian te iwi, ko Ahorangi Gregory Cajete te tangata, ko te mātauranga tana kai. Gregory Cajete (The University of New Mexico, n.d) Dr. Gregory Cajete is an acclaimed indigenous scholar and educator at the University of New Mexico. Here he is currently the Director of Native American studies …

Freshwater Kaitiakitanga

Photo supplied by Dr. Ian A. Kusabs Social Media Twitter Page. Ko Tauhara, ko Tarawera ngā maunga. Ko Taupō-nui-a-Tia , ko Tarawera ngā moana. Ko Te Arawa te waka Ko Ngāti Tuwharetoa, ko Te Arawa ngā iwi. Ko Ngāti Rauhoto, ko Tūhourangi ngā hapu. Ko Ian Kusabs toku ingoa. Dr. Ian A. Kusabs - A …

Sharon Shea inspired my drive for equitable change for Māori in Aotearoa’s health care system.

Māori are significantly, and negatively over-represented within statistics in educational, judicial, social welfare, and healthcare systems, and are likely to die 7 years earlier than Pākehā within Aotearoa. A result of historic misinformation, colonisation and law and policy development absent from consideration of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Tiriti Based Webinars, 2022; Eggleston et al, 2001). …

Recovering Ancestral Knowledge

During my early 30s, I found myself sitting in a Mana Wāhine wānanga at Waikato University listening to Ngahuia Murphy. I was completely mesmerised by her style; the way she commanded the room with the highs and lows of her voice as if they were tides of the great ocean, pushing me, pulling me, waking …

E te Māreikura: Ngahuia Te Awekotuku

Nā Moana Murray i tuhi i te Pipiri o 2022 Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (Te Arawa, Ngai Tūhoe) is an activist, creative writer, academic, and “frustrated artist” (Te Awekotuku et al., 2007, cover page). She was the first wāhine Māori Emeritus Professor in Aotearoa, was appointed in 2010 to the New Zealand Order of Merit, and …

Peter Rolleston

Ko Mauao te maungaKo Tauranga te moanaKo Tākitimu ko Mātaatua ngā wakaKo Ngāti Ranginui ko Ngāi Te Rangi ko Ngāti Pūkenga ngā iwiTihei mauriora Photo supplied by Bay of Plenty Times Peter Rolleston 1949 - 2007 Peter Rolleston - A soft-spoken and humble leader, advocate for Māori, selfless spokesperson, historian, researcher, lecturer, beloved husband, father …