NZ universities are not normal Crown institutions –
As part of its aspiration to be “Tiriti-led”, the University of Otago has embarked on a consultation process to re-brand. The proposed change involves a new logo and a new, deeply symbolic Māori name: Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka.Universities occasionally change logos, names and marketing strategies. All New Zealand institutions have added te reo Māori to their original titles, often opting for a literal translation – “Te Whare Wānanga” – to describe their status as a university. But Ot...
March 22, 2023World's first integrated Māori keyboard launched by Lenovo
Lenovo's latest product includes physical keys for macrons or tohutō, the little line used above some vowels in te reo Māori.It was launched at Auckland's Ngā Whare Waatea Marae today.The idea came about following a conversation the company's General Country Manager Libby Macgregor had with her son."My little boy came home from school one day, his name is Felix, and he asked me why there were no te reo Māori keys on the keyboard of the Lenova Think Pad I was using," she said.Link to video an...
March 22, 2023Iwi collective Mōkai Pātea
Māori landowners who've been shut out of their whenua for more than a century are pressing the Crown to find a solution. At stake is more than 17,000 hectares of Māori land with no legal access. The land is inaccessible by car or by foot because it is surrounded by privately owned stations, Department of Conservation (DoC) land and Defence Force land at Waiouru.So if members of the iwi collective of Mōkai Pātea want to access their own land, they have to either plead their case or ...
March 22, 2023Te Huhi Raupō: New renal unit
Taranaki Base Hospital's new $13 million renal unit has been gifted the name Te Huhi Raupō to Te Whatu Ora, on behalf of Ngā Iwi o Taranaki and Taumaruroa.It was opened by Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall today.Wharehoka Wano, Tumu Whakarito Te Kāhui o Taranaki told the opening ceremony raupō (also know as bullrush) was a resilient plant whose stalks grew tightly together for mutual support."It bends before the wind and rain before rising once more when the storm has passed. In the same ...
March 22, 2023Waitangi Tribunal told of abuse against Māori deaf community
That was the experience of many growing up in the Māori Deaf community, who are now taking part in a landmark Waitangi Tribunal hearing this week in Auckland.Their claims are part of a wider inquiry into Crown breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi relating to Māori health.While being formally welcomed onto Papakura Marae this morning, a trilingual interpreter put the pōwhiri in their language.It's a rare service many Deaf Māori, or tāngata turi, still can't access.Link to video and article: ...
March 22, 2023‘This is immense’: Puketotara farm leased to
A sprawling Bay of Islands farm has been leased to a Northland hapū ahead of its return as part of a future Treaty settlement.Members of Te Whiu, a central Bay of Islands hapū with close links to Hokianga, signed the lease on-site with Government representatives on Saturday.The agreement will see Te Whiu lease a 452-hectare Crown-owned farm at Puketotara, inland from Kerikeri, for a symbolic $1 a year for 10 years with a further 10-year right of renewal.The farm has been “land-banked” for ...
March 20, 2023'Hardest decision of our lives':
The couple caring for “Moana” – a traumatised young girl placed with them five years ago – say they can no longer deal with the ongoing legal battle for her care and have made the painful call to return her to Oranga Tamariki.The couple, known as the Smiths, came to their decision after a High Court decision that went in their favour was appealed by Moana’s birth mother, who wants Moana placed in the care of a Wellington family – the Taipas – who are also caring for Moana’s broth...
March 20, 2023'They're trying to erase us':
Alarge line of police separated protesters and attendees at an anti-co-governance meeting in Auckland to ensure everyone's safety.The meeting, organised by Julian Batchelor, was part of an anti-co-governance roadshow running across the country and was held at the Ōrewa Community Centre on Saturday afternoon.A protest against the meeting was attended mostly by local iwi Ngāti Manuhiri and members of Te Herenga Waka o Ōrewa Marae.Videos posted online show a tense atmosphere, with protesters dis...
March 20, 2023Mike King on cancel culture's problem
Mental health advocate and former comedian Mike King says cancel culture reduces people’s ability to gain knowledge and think critically.On the latest episode of Stuff’s Generally Famous podcast, King explained to host Simon Bridges why he’s apologetic about his comedy career and whether revered Māori comedian Billy T James’ style would be successful in the present day.Towards the end of their hour-long discussion, Bridges asked King what defined Māori humour and entertainment.“Self ...
March 20, 2023Māori dancer graces the Oscar’s stage
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March 20, 2023He's the legal father of thousands:
Kevin Norquay is meeting CEOs all over the country, getting their stories. This week, the final week of the series, he talks to Oranga Tamariki's Chappie Te Kani.Being Oranga Tamariki chief executive is a tough gig; at one end a bad news cyclone, at the other a public wanting results. Yet Chappie Te Kani is all civil service with a smile as he evokes his past to move into the future.Te Kani (Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Tūhoe, Ngāti Maniapoto, Rongowhakaata) rises from a des...
March 20, 2023The infernal reo machine:
Joel Maxwell is a Pou Tiaki reporter at Stuff.ESSAY: The first stirs of worry came when the Bing chatbot penned the lyrics to a love song, to me, in the language of my tupuna. The sentiment was trite, maybe; cliched, for sure – but you could probably say the same about a lot of Ed Sheeran songs too. What struck me was that it was instantaneous, new, and made perfect sense in te reo Māori.No artificial intelligence had ever really cracked the Māori language before, and now here are at least t...
March 20, 2023New mural in Glen Innes
A new portrait mural in Glen Innes, Auckland was revealed last week, but it has already run into trouble.It’s a collaboration between mural artist Owen Dippie and respected activist/artist Emily Karaka. It depicts Karaka with a list of some of her activities and connections.In an online post, Ngāti Whātua’s cultural adviser Joe Pihema claims the mural shows “blatant” disregard for the mana of Ngāti Pāoa.“It came about through a friend of mine, Benjamin Work, an artist who worked wi...
March 18, 2023Column: Stative verbs can make translating
David Karena-Holmes is a Nelson-based writer and tutor of grammar in te reo Māori.COLUMN: In the last column the focus was on the verb particles. These are nine structural words, any one of which, when accompanying a verb, indicates exactly how the verb is to be interpreted.The short sentence Kia tūpato / kei hinga / koe. (“Be careful / lest fall / you” or “Take care you don’t fall”) illustrates this principle with two verb particles: kia, signifying that the speaker wishes something...
March 18, 2023Language expert weighs in on Te Pūkenga's
A language expert has weighed in on Te Pūkenga's style guide, saying it's a "little bit too prescriptive" as staff push back on efforts by management to shape the words they can and can’t use.Te Pūkenga, Aotearoa's largest tertiary education provider, issued a style guide recommending words staff should and shouldn't use. It recommends not using the words "student" or "trainee", but instead using "ākonga" the Māori word for student or "learners" and instead of "staff", using "kaimahi"...
March 18, 2023Tukoroirangi Morgan: Kiingitanga Tainui challenge
For many of those who attended the pōwhiri marking the beginning of Te Matatini last month, my speech in reply to the young kaikorero of Ngaati Whaatua was perhaps regarded as “entertaining”, maybe even “provocative”.For many others, however, that speech belies a widely held sense of frustration and anger at an increasingly avaricious hapuu intent on disrespecting, indeed dismissing, the mana whenua status of a number of Tainui and other iwi who occupied the Taamaki isthmus for centurie...
March 18, 2023Mike King: 'I'm not brown enough
Mike King has opened up about “not being brown enough for his own people” as he and Simon Bridges discussed the challenges they face living in Māori and Pākehā worlds.The mental health advocate is the latest guest on Stuff’s Generally Famous podcast, where he and host Bridges discussed King’s battle with addiction, his transition from stand-up and cancel culture.At the start of the discussion, the two Māori men reflected on living in both Māori and Pākehā worlds.King says he feels...
March 18, 2023Displaced families in Hawke’s Bay say
More than 1000 homes are still yellow and red-stickered following the cyclone, and local leaders are seeking clarity from Government agencies.The Waipatu Marae has become a refuge; a month on from Cyclone Gabrielle, there are still 25 whānau members living at the marae.Tane Tomoana has been assisting whānau with accommodation since the cyclone and said they lacked clear direction for the next steps.“We actually have struggled to pin down who actually is responsible for how we do move on from...
March 18, 2023Te Matatini pōwhiri discussed during Tuurangawaewae poukai
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March 18, 2023“Underpaid and undervalued” - teachers
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March 18, 2023Wairoa: Iwi trust underwrites $2.5m
A Wairoa iwi trust has announced it will underwrite $2.5 million to enable urgent fixes to continue on hundreds of flood-damaged homes.Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa’s announcement coincided with a long-awaited visit from Prime Minister Chris Hipkins to the town, the first time since Cyclone Gabrielle hit Hawke’s Bay.Hipkins visited two Wairoa marae on Thursday with Napier MP Stuart Nash and Tairāwhiti MP Kiri Allan.Taihoa Marae was one of the first marae to take in whānau during and after the ...
March 18, 2023Dawn ceremony to reopen wharekai
A special ceremony is planned to reopen the facility which provides manaakitanga to the many visitors who are welcomed onto a famed Taranaki marae.On Friday, March 17, a dawn ceremony will officially mark the re-opening of Ko Tamawahine, the kitchen and dining facilities of Waitara’s Owae Marae.The extensive redevelopment included the installation of a full commercial kitchen and chiller, increased storage space, and toilet and bathroom facilities at a cost of $4 million.Link to article: ...
March 18, 2023Healthcare students don’t reflect
Māori, Pasifika and people from lower socioeconomic and rural backgrounds are “systemically underrepresented" in tertiary healthcare courses in Aotearoa, new research shows.National cross-sectional study of the sociodemographic characteristics of Aotearoa New Zealand’s regulated health workforce pre-registration students: a mirror on society? was released in the British Medical Journal on Tuesday.Researchers from University of Otago, AUT University and Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auck...
March 18, 2023Te Matatini champions celebrate success at home
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March 18, 2023Unredacted document reveals mega polytechnic Te Pūkenga
An error has revealed that mega polytechnic Te Pūkenga has asked the government for $330 million in this year's budget.The figure was among several paragraphs marked for deletion in a ministerial briefing from February published recently by the Ministry of Education.One of the undeleted sections said Te Pūkenga's work to combine polytechnic and work-based training would cost nearly $423m.It said the institute had asked for $330m, most of it for IT infrastructure crucial to its change programme...
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