Cost of reconciliation:
The new Aotearoa New Zealand Histories curriculum will be implemented in schools this year, but is the country ready – and who will bear the cost? Federico Magrin reports.The kākā chiefIn the second half of the 19th century, Pūkākā Pā was levelled down by several metres to accommodate the needs of British settlers in Taranaki.The green hill dotted with red pōhutukawa flowers has always been a strategic outpost in New Plymouth.Link to article: Cost of reconciliation: Iwi face financ...
February 6, 2023The wāhine
We all know that men signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Names like Hone Heke and Tamati Waka Nene pepper history classes, documentaries and books throughout Aotearoa.Some of us will know the stories of the men who didn’t sign. The ones like Pōtatau Te Wherowhero who was repeatedly approached for support, refusing every time.But here’s something to mull over - how much do you know about the women who signed Te Tiriti? What about the women who refused?Pou Tiaki investigates the story of the wāhine...
February 6, 2023Te Tiriti in the Tron:
As the country’s founding document Te tiriti o Waitangi lives and breathes across Aotearoa, from the shores of Waitangi in the Bay of Islands to the bends of the Waikato River in Hamilton.Thousands ascend onto the Waitangi Treaty grounds near the northland town of Paihia each year to commemorate the signing of the historic agreement.But almost 400 km south in Hamilton city, a case for a civic celebration of their own wasn’t out of the question for local leaders, politicians and mana whenua.H...
February 6, 2023Weaving kapa haka with healing to improve
Te Matatini is just around the corner with kapa (teams) from across Aotearoa in intense preparation mode for the prestigious Māori performing arts competition.Kapa haka is a taonga (treasure), a display of history and rich culture for which we are known and celebrated internationally, but its benefits in the life of rangatahi Māori don’t stop at entertainment.A 2015 study on Māori mental health found that participants experienced “feeling safe, being grounded in their bodies, and having a...
February 6, 2023'Waitangi is back':
Waitangi Day festival events are going to be “really stepped up this year” after a hiatus due to Covid restrictions.Read this story in te reo Māori and English here. / Pānuitia tēnei i te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā ki konei.In 2022, Waitangi events didn’t happen at the Treaty Grounds, and it was all virtual taking place on TV.Waitangi project manager Lara Thorne said the break gave the Waitangi team and the organisations involved the opportunity to reflect and think about what Waitan...
February 6, 2023Pere Wihongi is carving his own path
At just 29, Pere Wihongi has already made an impact as a pop culture champion of Māori language. Siena Yates meets the busy musician, composer, actor and director as he prepares for the “Olympics of kapa haka”, Te Matatini.They say that if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life, and few embody that sentiment as much as Pere Wihongi.You’d be hard-pressed to find someone spinning more plates at once, but it’d be harder still to find someone who does so with as much j...
February 6, 2023Massey University sets new standard
Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa/Massey University is celebrating the launch of an extensive project setting a new standard of excellence in Te Tiriti o Waitangi analysis, practice and implementation initiatives across all areas of the university.The Kaiārahi Tiriti [Tiriti Mentors] Project comprises 45 staff members from across both academic and professional areas of the university who have been undergoing an intensive training and induction programme since the second half of 2022. The Kaiārahi Tirit...
February 6, 2023Environment on the table in Waitangi
From hapū ownership and representation, to forestry and ancestral stories, experts across te ao Māori called on the Crown to listen as they discussed the environment at Te Tii Marae.The Te Taiao panel convened in the conversation tent at Waitangi on Saturday to challenge Minister Kiritapu Allan and the Crown on the health of the environment and climate.Panellist and lawyer Annette Sykes questioned the transparency of the kōrero out of Parliament and the Government’s commitment to upholding ...
February 6, 2023Māori Voyaged to Antarctica at Least 1,000 Years Before Europeans,
Editor's note (5 February 2023): The veracity of the study discussed below came into question after its original publication, with a subsequent analysis suggesting the study had likely misinterpreted aspects of the historical evidence available, including oral narratives, and asserting that "Antarctic voyaging by pre-European Polynesians seems most unlikely".Some further discussion of the issue is reported here. ScienceAlert regrets re-publishing the article without drawing attention to this new...
February 6, 2023Five te reo Māori words with no
Preserving a language means preserving the concepts, ideas and cultures the words represent.We asked Taurapa, Stuff’s kaihautū reo Māori, to share five words in te reo Māori with no equivalent in English.HarareTo turn the eyelid inside out.TātakaTo turn into a beetle, similar to metamorphosis but only used in the context of beetle.MānginaPeriod between wakefulness and sound sleep.Link to video and article: Five te reo Māori words with no English equivalent | Stuff.co.nz...
February 6, 2023David Seymour shows his te reo skills
Parliamentarians have been officially welcomed to Waitangi, 183 years after the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.Representatives from all parties were welcomed at once, during the parliamentary pōwhiri at the Treaty Grounds.Organisers from the Waitangi National Trust asked that the pōwhiri be conducted predominantly in te reo Māori.While the two biggest parties, National and Labour, conveyed the majority of their speeches in English, the minor parities stuck almost entirely to te reo Māori.Li...
February 6, 2023Waitangi 2023: Hipkins urges Kiwis to not be afraid to discuss Maori-Crown relations;
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Opposition leader Chris Luxon have been formally welcomed to Waitangi in what is shaping up to be their first big face-off.For both, it will be their first time in a leadership role at Waitangi and comes amid efforts by the hosts to channel political debate away from this morning’s pōwhiri.Waitangi eve is traditionally when the publicly political side of New Zealand’s national day plays out.While politicians have been swirling around the Bay of Islands for d...
February 6, 2023Joint celebration to be held in Palmerston North
Monday’s commemorations could represent an opportunity for everyone in Manawatū to learn about mana whenua and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.Local iwi Rangitāne o Manawatū and Palmerston North City Council will celebrate the 182nd anniversary of the signing of Te Tiriti at Te Marae o Hine – The Square with educational and interactive activities planned for the day.On February 6, the open event will start at 11am with community organisations such as Whakapai Hauora, Te Waka Huia, Te Tihi Alliance, ...
February 6, 2023Kai, guitar riffs, rongoā and politics
If you’re after hearty kai, healing mirimiri (massage) or gorgeous kākahu – the Waitangi market has you covered.Stallholders from across the Far North and beyond have converged on Waitangi with their wares, including the famous frybread “Taniwha burgers”.Walking around, there is kai, tino rangatiratanga-themed apparel, tamariki jumping off the flag-lined bridge, all to the accompaniment of lone bass player Pete Metcalfe, who was scouted for Sunday’s music lineup from a Gull petrol sta...
February 6, 2023Historic Northland pā site with links to Ngāpuhi chief Hongi Hika
An historic Northland pā site with links to Ngāpuhi chief Hongi Hika is to be handed back to iwi, after collaboration between the Government, private landowners and local hapū.“It is fitting that the ceremony for the return of the Pākinga Pā site is during Waitangi weekend,” Regional Development Minister Kiri Allan said when making the announcement on Sunday.Allan said the return of the site west of Kaikohe reflects the continuing partnership between the Crown and iwi, and the determina...
February 6, 2023PM won't speak at Waitangi,
The Prime Minister will no longer speak at Waitangi commemorations after the organising trust moved the political leaders to a panel away from the main eventThe Waitangi National Trust wrote to political parties last month saying they didn’t want political leaders to speak at the pōwhiri held on the eve of Waitangi Day, and the Prime Minister has agreed to respect the trust’s wishes.It comes after Te Tai Tokerau MP and Labour deputy leader Kelvin Davis told Newsroom on Friday that it w...
February 5, 2023Seymour says Waitangi Tribunal recommendations should be rejected,
The ACT Party's David Seymour believes recommendations made in a recent major Waitangi Tribunal report that addresses historic treaty breaches should be rejected.He argues the potential consequences of following the logic of the tribunal's findings would be significant, with the property rights and "basic human rights" of New Zealanders thrown up in the air.Seymour believes the tribunal has become "increasingly activist" and it's time for Parliament to clearly define the principles of the Treaty...
February 5, 2023Another crisis,
Schools play an integral but often unrecognised and unacknowledged role in helping communities respond to and recover from disastersOpinion: Schools in Auckland and other flood-affected areas are about to re-open after a delayed start to the new school year. Students will return to school having experienced wide-ranging impacts. While some will only have seen the worst effects on their television screens, others will have lost everything – their homes, their possessions and their sense of...
February 5, 2023Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro
The first female Māori Governor General returned to Northland to be formally welcomed at the Treaty Grounds ahead of Waitangi Day Commemorations.Tangata whenua from a range of hapū across Northland began the karanga as Dame Cindy Kiro was escorted onto the grounds yesterday holding a photo of the late Queen Elizabeth II.Whangārei-born Dame Cindy, who is of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi nui tonu descent, became the first wahine Māori Governor-General of New Zealand last year.Kuia Rānui Ngārimu a...
February 5, 2023Non-Māori are embracing te reo -
Opinion - As we approach another Waitangi Day, we should be thinking again about what Te Tiriti o Waitangi means.As the late Moana Jackson commented, the meaning of Te Tiriti will be talked about in each generation because it is about a relationship between Māori and Pākehā and relationships must always be worked on. Here, we focus on the learning of te reo Māori by non-Māori in relation to Te Tiriti and the Māori concept of whakapapa in the hope of continuing the conversation and the rela...
February 5, 2023Kōtamutamu:
As the politicians, crowds and media descend upon Waitangi, Stuff senior reporter Joel Maxwell and Taurapa, Stuff kaihautū reo Māori, are gearing up to deliver their insights from the taumata and behind the scenes through their new podcast, Kōtamutamu – Waitangi Takeaways. Joel and Taurapa, both from Te Rarawa, caught up with producer Katie Doyle (Ngāpuhi) ahead of the first episode.Read this story in te reo Māori and English here. / Pānuitia tēnei i te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā ki ...
February 5, 2023The cost of a sister's fight
Deborah has been through hell the last couple of years.It wasn’t because she has custody of her 6-year-old granddaughter. Or because she was fighting lung cancer. And it had nothing to do with Covid-19.Deborah was put through the wringer because her brother lives with schizophrenia. And constantly fighting the system to get him help and keep him safe pushed her to the edge of despair.The Ministry of Health describes schizophrenia as a lifelong disorder characterised by a re-interpretation of, ...
February 5, 2023Iwi leaders in Waitangi not impressed with the Chrises,
ANALYSIS: As debate about “co-governance” stumbles towards Waitangi Day and closer to the election, iwi leaders in Waitangi pondered the Chris questions.How worried should they be about Christopher Luxon?And who is Chris Hipkins?The conclusion, gleaned from discussions between iwi leaders after Friday’s hui with the Government, is that it’s too early to tell. But few iwi leaders are impressed with the Chrises so far.READ MORE:* Tributes to Titewhai Harawira as prime minister meets with I...
February 5, 2023Rotorua’s Te Puia broadcasts live to millions of viewers
While most Kiwis slumbered through the night, millions of viewers on the other side of the world awoke this morning to the stirring sounds of pōhiri, and the sights of geothermal mist rising from Rotorua’s Te Whakarewarewa Valley, live on ABC News’ “Good Morning America.”“Good Morning America” is the most-watched breakfast TV show in the United States, attracting more than three million viewers every day.The live broadcast from Te Puia was part of a feature on Aotearoa New Zealand, ...
February 3, 2023Indigenous leaders fear race attacks
Aboriginal leaders in the Northern Territory say they’re fearful tensions related to surging crime could boil over in the form of vigilante attacks, and that they’re being ignored in resourcing to fix the problem.More than 3000 people gathered at a meeting on Monday which was supposed to discuss suing authorities for an increasing crime wave in the town of Alice Springs, but indigenous leaders and residents in attendance say it wasn’t long before discussions got heated and exposed intense ...
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