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First Te Reo Countdown Supermarket Opens in Tokoroa

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 ReGeneration Roadie Blog #3

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: Nelson, New Zealand – Invitation to Stallholders

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 …

The 100 Mile People Harvest! Week 4: A Smorgasbord of Coromandel Hotspots Guaranteed to Inspire! Part 1

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 …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 219 – JGeek and The Geeks – The Next Phase of Maori Music – Ka Pai!

“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 …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 215 – The Launch of Mohua Tees – Sustainably Produced Maori Design Tee-Shirts

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 …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 200 – Morning Tea With a Dash of Maori Language Anyone?

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 …

Jacob’s Moko

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 …

Te Wai Korari – The Wetland That Made it Through

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 wins Nga Kupu Ora Maori Book Awards

‘‘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 …

The Approach of Matariki

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 …

Māori Art and Design: Weaving, Painting, Carving and Architecture

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 …

Kura Reo Kai Tahu

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 …

Positive Maori Initiative Gets Underway

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 …

Discovery of moa bones handled well – mars2earth

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 …

Maori Herbal Medicine—Te Rongoa

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.

Speak Maori Now – Te Reo Tips

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.
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Archie Tairoa Receives His Knighthood

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 …

Te Reo O Taranaki Digital Story – by Tetekura

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 …

Being Organised

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 …