Five 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 ...
February 3, 2023Pākaraka: ‘We didn’t pull the trigger, we didn’t swing the bayonet.
The hapū of Ngāti Maika and the farming community of Pākaraka, near Whanganui, are still waiting for new name signs to go up after the first ones were mown down just hours after they were installed.Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says it recognises the importance of the signs to the hapū and community, having worked with Whanganui District Council and Ngāti Maika since late last year to install signs carrying the name Pākaraka.The Pākaraka signs at either end of the settlement previously ...
February 3, 2023Kāinga Ora increases security
Kāinga Ora has increased security checks around its proposed Raleigh St housing development area in Palmerston North in the wake of a fire that destroyed a vacant home in late January.The fire was being treated as suspicious.Regional director for Taranaki, Whanganui and Manawatū Graeme Broderick said there were 11 empty homes in the area that would be removed “as soon as possible”.“In the meantime we have also increased our checks and presence in the area to keep the sites safe.”Link t...
February 3, 2023With or without my reo,
Ramari Jackson-Paniora is the daughter of one of the main faces of the 1972 Māori Language Petition – but her relationship with te reo Māori is more complicated than people may assume.My whānau’s journey with reo Māori is typical of many Māori whānau across Aotearoa. Looking at my parents’ achievements, it may be surprising to some that growing up, te reo Māori was not spoken in our home. There was frequent use of many kupu; everyday Māori words that have since found their way into...
February 3, 2023The people behind te reo's massive rise
The Māori music scene has exploded over the past few years.With New Zealand's most popular musicians releasing tracks in te reo, and bilingual bangers such as Rob Ruha's SH35 going viral, the demand for waiata Māori has rocketed.This surge in popularity is no accident.A committed community of Māori musicians has been working hard to bring waiata Māori into the mainstream.In Tribal, a new documentary that meets the creatives behind New Zealand's most incredible music scenes, filmmaker Chris G...
February 2, 2023Kāinga Ora invites residents to hear about
Pukehangi residents wanting to hear the latest on three Kāinga Ora developments that will collectively bring 60 new houses to the area are being invited to a community drop-in session in two weeks.There are three major public housing building developments happening in the suburb that will see new residents moving in from the middle of the year.They include Quartz Ave (formerly Collie Dr), which will have 42 new homes, Gem St, which will have 10 new homes, and Roger St, which will have eight new...
February 2, 2023‘Kiwis are getting quite good at this’:
New Prime Minister Chris Hipkins followed up an announcement of new cost of living measures on Wednesday with a visit to a North Shore MaraeThe clouds parted and a tableau of brilliant blue rushed in to fill the void as the fledgling Prime Minister made his rounds of Auckland community hubs today.There has been no time for training wheels for the nation's new leader, in a week full with natural disasters, cabinet reshuffles and announcements of cost-saving measures for Kiwis.Visiting Awatah...
February 2, 2023Experiences Of Care In Aotearoa 2021/2022
The latest report from Aroturuki Tamariki, the Independent Children’s Monitor, on Experiences of Care in Aotearoa shows that there is not yet a significant improvement in outcomes for children in care, or their whānau and caregivers.Experiences of Care in Aotearoa is an annual check on compliance with the National Care Standards Regulations by agencies with custody and care responsibilities – Oranga Tamariki, Open Home Foundation and Barnardos. Oranga Tamariki had custody of almost 99 perce...
February 2, 2023Watchdog finds Oranga Tamariki
Over three years after new legislation set the minimum care standards for a child in state custody, Oranga Tamariki is still failing to meet requirements.That’s the finding of the second annual report from Aroturuki Tamariki, the Independent Children’s Monitor, which was set up to measure compliance with the regulations.The Experiences of Care in Aotearoa report is based on monitoring data and surveys with people involved in the care system.“It remains difficult to measure and understand i...
February 2, 2023Māori communities prepare for second deluge
Māori services and schools across Tāmaki Makaurau and Northland are gearing up for a long night, as they anticipate the arrival of another wet front that's set to batter the two regions from tonight.Earlier this afternoon, Northland Regional Council, which consists of the Kaipara, Whangārei, and Far North districts, had put in place a state of emergency for the next seven days.Following the announcement, Far North mayor Moko Tepania said the declaration was needed in order to give appropriate...
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