Articles tagged with: Maori
ROTORUA, Thursday 8th March 2012: The Government Gardens at Rotorua have just been registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Māori Heritage Council as a Waahi Tapu area.
The Waahi Tapu area, known …
Te Huarahi Tika Trust
2 Degrees
For Immediate Release
24 January 2012
Māori Scholarships for telecommunications careers – apply now
Māori students interested in telecommunications careers now have some additional support in the form of scholarships from 2degrees and …
Hei Rere Mai – Mâori careers in telecommunications
2degrees and its founding shareholder, the Hautaki Trust, have launched Hei Rere Mai (‘So You Can Fly’), a programme to increase Mâori participation in the telecommunications industry.
Announced …
Media Release
For immediate release
9 October, 2011
ATAMIRA – Maori in the City 2011, the largest three day festival celebrating all things Maori finished up today in Auckland with organisers reporting a resounding success, making a firm …
Media Release
For immediate release
20 September, 2011
AUCKLAND — ATAMIRA – Maori in the City 2011, the largest three day celebration of Maori culture, will return to Auckland this October, the free festival is sponsored by Bank …
Maori TV Video -
100 strong māori men bust out a haka to tautoko Māori Television and Rugby World Cup 2011. Mean Māori Mean!
“Manaakitanga” theme for Māori Language Week 2011
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) have chosen “Manaakitanga” as the theme for Māori Language Week 2011.
““Manaakitanga” is a very …
Friday, 24 June 2011, 2:35 pm
Press Release: The Maori Party
The Hon Tariana Turia
Maori Party Co-Leader | MP for Te Tai Hauauru
24 June 2011
Country’s first Te Reo Countdown supermarket opens in Tokoroa
Naku te rourou …
The Colac Bay Youth Jam – photo by Guy Ryan
This week the ReGeneration roadtrip crew hit the South of the South through Wanaka, Queenstown, Te Anau, Riverton and Invercargill. I am constantly surprised by the …
International Kai Festival
Where: Whakatu Marae & Founders Park Nelson, New Zealand
When: Saturday 5th February 2011
Time: 11am – 4.30pm
Come celebrate the Waitangi Celebrations with us
Kai stalls & entertainment
There are still some stall sites available but be …
An inspiring four week harvest of visionary people and projects achieving the seemingly impossible within 100 miles of my Coromandel (New Zealand) home.
The Coromandel area is so overflowing with inspiring people and projects doing amazing …
“J GEEK ETHOS. 7 generations ago, we travelled across the great oceans in wakas. Now we struggle to drive to the dairy. Society offers an unrealistic unhealthy lifestyle for all ages and races …
Starting up a business. Would you do it? I’ve been hooked for a while, optimism and drive keep me in there. Some friends of mine here in Golden Bay have just taken a committed leap …
Every Tuesday I spend a couple of hours practicing my reo Maori (Maori language) with a wahine (woman) who has had much, much more experience than me in speaking it. But still remembers what it’s …
I was well known in my youth as an ‘effective’ thrower of stones and can still bring down a pteradactyl gliding amongst low cloud (imaginary now, most of my throwing) and while I can still …
Every time I drive past Te Wai Korari wetland on the edge of our little south coast town, I thank my lucky star. Given that I pass by quite often,
that’s a lot of thanking! The …
‘‘Maori Art and Design: Weaving, Painting, Carving and Architecture’ by Julie Paama-Pengelly, has been selected as the winner of the Art, Architecture and Design Award at the Nga Kupu Ora Maori Book Awards 2010.
The book’s …
According to Maori tradition, 14th June 2010 is a day to be celebrated!
Around this time our geographical location provides for a unique marker of the New Year, where the Pleiades constellation of stars (or Matariki …
By Julie Paama-Pengelly
‘Māori Art and Design’ is the first book to present a comprehensive art language for Māori visual culture. It traces the evolution of historic Māori art and design, across the full range of …
It is great to see communities working together to strengthen their traditional knowledge and increase the ties that bind.
From the Timaru Herald .
The community at Arowhenua is hosting the second annual Kura Reo Kai Tahu …
Photo: Pita Sharples
Well done pita. While the hone circus goes on (nice to see the southland times apologise to hone) real action to address the issues facing maori is still happening – just doesn’t sell …
Photo by: Robert Thomson
I like this story for a number of reasons.
“Road workers have uncovered what could be the bones of a family of moa while building a highway near Taupo.
They immediately stopped work, moved …
This is a generalised, very basic roundup of Maori Herbal Medicine, listing remedies for bad breath, bruises, burns, colds, itching, fever, sores, swelling and vomitting to name but a few. Check it out here.
October 21st, 2009
Here are some online video examples of basic terms you can use with your whanau while you’re having a cup of tea or coffee on the Speak Maori.com site.
Read more
October 21st, 2009
Popluar Maori leader Archie Tairoa was knighted today, at his old college – Hato Paora College, in Fielding. This was an unorthidox manner in which to be knighted, most people opting for the …
October 15th, 2009
In 2006 a group of us who whakapapa to Taranaki immersed ourselves in learning te reo o Taranaki – Taranaki dialect. We journeyed to different marae around the Taranaki region and learnt our …
August 23rd, 2009
The life of a maori at times can be hectic! Have you ever been in a situation where you are so busy, that you forget to do to something important? And you think …
August 21st, 2009
Live Haka on twitter (Twaka)
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 3:22 pm
Press Release: Belinda Jackson
An online Haka may sound strange but the kiwi spirit is now embracing the social media world. Currently around 50 participants …
August 9th, 2009
This weekend marks the end of the three-year Mō Tātou exhibition about Ngāi Tahu at Te papa.
On sunday they have this
4pm–5pm
Ngāi Tahu historical films
A collection of fascinating archival footage about the Ngāi Tahu …
August 2nd, 2009
Photo: from the Wellington Daily Photo Blog – of Wellington Girls College and Wellington College Kapahaka Group.
All across Aotearoa people have been focussing positively upon Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori over the …
July 22nd, 2009
A bill proposing that Matariki – the Maori New Year – be a public holiday is set to get a hearing in Parliament.
The Matariki Day Bill was one of two bills pulled out …
July 14th, 2009
Maori are currently deciding which of four flags they want to fly at Parliament and the Auckland Habour Bridge. Maori Minister Pita Sharpels favours the Tino Rangitira Flag. Which one do you prefer? …
July 10th, 2009
10 July 2009
MEDIA RELEASE
One of the highlights of Te Papa’s 18-day Matariki Festival will be shared with a national and international audience.
Eight senior Māori performing arts groups from around the North Island are …
