Articles tagged with: Maori
Winter Craft: Tamariki fabric books with māmā
It is now the time when whānau spend more time indoors sheltered away from the cold, and needing loads more entertainment to keep from boredom.
Just recently, my sister happened to find an old fabric book …
“Kīnaki” …A Band to Relish
Aotearoa grassroots music is usually passed on to listeners through word of mouth, through friends of friends, and in today’s time much more quickly through social media showing sampled clips. This band has been passed …
Create your future as Māori Future Makers
Te Puni Kōkiri has launched the Māori Future Makers website as of February 14th to celebrate the future of Māori students and adults. The aim of the website is as a hub of information for …
“Ekea kā tiritiri o te moana…Ascend to the heights of your aspirations”
Aoraki Bound is currently taking place in Te Wai Pounamu/ (literally translated the) “The Greenstone Waters”/The South Island. Future leaders are testing their physical, mental and spiritual senses in a very spectacular place. This course …
Year of the kūmara – sharing good Māori news
Kia ora koutou katoa puta noa i te motu nei,
Greetings to you all from across Aotearoa
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the new ‘Māori Good NEWS’ section of happyzine. We are …
Ngai Tahu Treaty Festival, Onuku Marae, Wednesday 6 February
Ngai Tahu
Ngai Tahu Treaty Festival, Onuku Marae, Wednesday 6 February
This year Onuku Runanga is hosting the annual ‘Ngai Tahu Treaty Festival’ at Onuku Marae, Akaroa.
Discussion on the current review of the New Zealand Constitution, environmental …
Tā Moko: the chiselled words
Tā moko, the drawn tattoo on one’s body, of one’s ancestors, one’s homeland, and ultimately one’s signature. The notion that tangata whenua did not have a written language is only a perception, as moko is …
Waka Ama brings people together Nelson
One sport to add to your list of team building exercises should include the challenge set out by Whakatu Marae Waka Ama Club in Nelson. This is planned for the 10th of November 10th, from …
Choppy waters usually preferred!
Waka Ama are sport and casual recreation for all ages, for both men and women, its a whanau sport that has been growing in numbers across Aotearoa. At the moment you may be able to …
Te piki maunga – Climbing mountains
With each new place I live in from Manukau down to Dunedin, to Whangarei, and now Nelson, I have been drawn to climb the nearest local puke or maunga (hills or mountains) of the region. …
National Maori language comps ensure te reo thrives amongst the young
16 Mahuru 2012
Ata Marie,
“Ko te reo te hā te mauri o te Māoritanga. The language is the very life-breath of being Māori” (Kāretu and Waite, 1988)
It seems suitable that the week following the article “Māori …
Forest & Bird welcomes Ngai Tuhoe settlement
Forest & Bird media release for immediate use
Forest & Bird welcomes Ngai Tuhoe settlement
Independent nature conservation group Forest & Bird applauds the settlement between the Crown and Ngai Tuhoe announced today.
Forest & Bird General Manager …
Meet Happyzine’s new Maori good news reporter: Ani Kainamu
1. Who are you and what’s your role within Happyzine?
Nga mihi nui, Ko Ani Kainamu toku ingoa – Ko Ngapuhi te iwi , My name is Ani Kainamu and I am happy to be an …
Kaumātua lead by example: ‘it’s never too late to learn’
Kaumātua proud to be NMIT students
Twelve Māori elders from Ngāti Koata iwi studying Te Reo Māori as part of Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology’s first “kaumātua class” are setting an example it’s never too …
Music profile: Matiu Te Huki ‘Let your light shine’
Check out this soulful photo of Matiu Te Huki using his powerful gift for onstage performance, singing and songwriting. The man’s worth checking out, if you haven’t already discovered him.
What I love most about Matiu’s …
NPM-Fulbright Māori scholars graduate from Harvard
Nga Pai O Te Maramatanga
NPM-Fulbright Māori scholars graduate from Harvard
Fellow Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) Graduate Award recipients Dan Bidois and Natalie Coates are among the newest Harvard University graduates. The award enabled …
PAO PAO PAO celebrates 10years of contemporary Maori music
Toi Māori Aotearoa
PAO PAO PAO celebrates 10years of contemporary Maori music
Image: At only sixteen years of age, Anania aka Majic Paora is already writing and singing songs for some of America’s top R’n’B and country …
Research shows sustainable design should look to indigenous concepts
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Indigenous Centre of Research Excellence
Research shows sustainable design should look to indigenous concepts
New research argues New Zealand could have had sustainable design principles for urban development in practice …
Rotorua Historical Site Receives Waahi Tapu Status
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 …
Māori Scholarships for telecommunications careers – apply now
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 …












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