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Great Minds:

Mental health as a topic of discussion has come leaps and bounds over the past decade. As public discussion has opened up, many people have also developed a range of mental health tools to deal with the reality of our day-to-day lives.As wonderful as mental health initiatives are - not to mention the feel-good factor that we all get from giving a platform to these issues - there remains fear and misunderstanding on multiple fronts, and nowhere more imposing than in the workplace.Say I'm experien...

Auckland Museum’s first Māori curator

Chanel Clarke (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Waikato, Ngāti Porou) was the first Māori curator at Tāmaki Paenga Hira in 2000 and this week she was recognised for it.This week, Tāmaki Paenga Hira hosted its museum medals ceremony recognising excellence and innovation in the study of cultural and natural heritage.Clarke was awarded the Associate Emerita of Tāmaki Paenga Hira, which she says is a tribute to those that led the path for her.“I think of Sir Hugh Kawharu, people like Henar...

REFLECTIONS

When I moved to Turanganui-a-Kiwa to live with my partner, he was working as an archaeologist with a range of iwi. This allowed me to follow him into a world I knew little about. We were on the beach at Whareongaonga the day he and the mana whenua moved some kōiwi back from the eroding coastal urupā. We were wrapped in Ringatū karakia from before dawn and until after the ceremony. It was safe and beautiful, and I was beyond humbled to stand there behind the whānau.Link to article: ...

Translating The Lion King

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Classic Lion King waiata: Sung te reo Māori

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Ensuring access

Kaiārahi i te reo — reo Māori teachers — employed in Aotearoa schools have been offered the first pay equity settlement for a Māori workforce in New Zealand history.If it’s accepted, a kaiārahi i te reo currently earning $23.03 per hour would be paid $41.31 per hour.Overall, the average proposed pay increase is 79 per cent — paid to a group that’s made up mainly of wāhine Māori.Āwhina Kihi is one of those wāhine, a kaiārahi i te reo working at a primary school in R...

Oral History; Tahitian Islands

Jontelle Beech-Cullen 29 June at 14:23 ·  There is oral history in the Tahitian islands (Hawaiki)Credit to KI Na 🥰🙏Here is a map of sorts with the pacific islands being likened to a giant octopus.The islands are on each arm and Ra’iatea (Rangiatea/Hawaiki)and Tahiti at the head as Ra’iatea (which was the most important and sacred place in Eastern Polynesia).When you hear the story of Kupe finding NZ by chasing and conquering the giant Octopus Te Wheke-a-Muturangi (Mutur...

HAPA Unique Gifts

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Tauranga fund

Tauranga City Council is launching a new fund to celebrate Māori culture in the city.The Kaupapa Māori Legacy Event Fund will reopen this Friday, July 1. It provides support to recurring events that celebrate tangata whenua, promote tikanga Māori, and raise awareness of historical and culturally significant events in Tauranga Moana.The focus of the fund is to support hapū and iwi to elevate and share their culture, and provide opportunities for the community to connect with the Māori c...

From Aotearoa to Australia:

As the thick bass line to Don't Forget Your Roots thumps, Nunukul Yuggera Aboriginal dancers emerge from the wings, becoming silhouetted against a red, smoke-filled stage.The sound of the didgeridoo rings out, hauntingly, over a sold-out crowd of 10,000 as a Māori kapa haka group moves in.Singer Matiu Walters begins - first in English, "don't forget your roots my friends, don't forget your family," before switching into Māori, "Kia Mau Ki Tō Ūkaipō."Fans are frenetic as two cult...

Head of Māori Health Authority Riana Manuel says

On Friday, the biggest transformation in New Zealand's public health system took place where 20 district health boards were dissolved and replaced by one centralised entity, Health New Zealand. Working alongside it will be the Māori Health Authority.The upheaval comes as COVID-19 and the winter flu overwhelm an exhausted workforce.One day into their jobs, the bosses of Health NZ and Māori Health Authority joined Newshub Nation to discuss their vision for their new roles and both said they...

Wāhine Māori police graduates

Out of 70 constables who graduated in Wing 355 on Thursday, 24 are wāhine Māori - a record number.In 2017 there were only 22 out of the entire year's 496 graduates.Commissioner Andrew Coster called it a good sign but he recognised there was still a way to go."It's fundamentally important that when New Zealanders look at their police service they can see themselves in it," Coster said."We deal with really diverse communities with really diverse problems and the best way for us to properly under...

'Show us our faces in our places'

"I ask kids if they see themselves represented in our city's fabric – they always say no," says Elisapeta Heta, principal and leader of Waka Māia at Jasmax.With Auckland’s Queen St on full LED display as a part of Matariki ki te Manawa, the rise of Matariki has also led to the rise of conversations surrounding Māori visibility in our cities.Graham Tipene (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Haua, Ngāti Manu) whose work is on display in the CBD, says that he never “saw ...

'I don't think I'll watch Lion King in English ever again':

Kōwhai de Thierry says she doesn’t think she will ever watch The Lion King in English again.Kōwhai, who is the raukura tuatahi (first graduate) of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tuia te Matangi and her 23 month old daughter ‘KaariamaiPāpa de Thierry-Moli saw the Lion King in te reo at Silky Otter Cinemas on Thursday, along with 55 students from the kura.It was a surprise outing for many of the tamariki, who kaihautū tari (office manager) Janis de Thierry said were “so excited”.Link to arti...

Oranga Tamariki Oversight Bill

OPINION: I have heard Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern say time and again that she wants Aotearoa New Zealand to be the best place in the world for our tamariki to grow up. I want that too – especially for those who are in state care.I am a survivor of abuse in state care with 12 years of lived experience under an oppressive, traumatising, and isolating “care” and “protection” system. I, and the community I represent, am deeply disheartened by the way the Oranga Tamariki Oversight Bi...

Hopes and doubts

The biggest change to our health system in 20 years is set to kick off at midnight, but as the sector faces increasing strain, critics are questioning whether now is the best time for a change.On Friday, July 1, two brand new entities will be at the helm of our health system and the days of the country’s 20 district health boards will be over.The change will cost $500 million and will see regional DHBs replaced by Health NZ and the Māori Health Authority, entities based in Wellingto...

The Front Page:

This Friday marks a watershed moment in New Zealand healthcare as all 20 DHBs are abolished and replaced by a new nationwide entity called Health NZ.Samantha Murton, the President of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, tells the Front Page podcast that health professionals around the country are waiting with "bated breath to see what happens.""When you restructure something like the health service, which is a massive entity in this way, it's hard to imagin...

Some principals unimpressed

James Cook High School principal Grant McMillan said he hoped the Qualifications Authority would change the tests because the initial feedback indicated they were too difficult."If what we have in front of us right now is what is actually introduced in the future, they will be too hard both in terms of the design of the assessment, the level some of it is pitched at, the fact that you need to spend so much time in words when you're supposed to be working in mathematics, and some of the mechanica...

Kīngitanga mourns

Māoridom is mourning the loss of tumuaki and kingmaker Anaru Tamihana of Ngāti Hauā, who died surrounded by whānau at Waikato Hospital on Saturday, aged 69.Ngāti Hauā and the Kīngitanga have since named the 10th kingmaker of the Kīngitanga movement, on the eve of Tamihana's tangi. Anaru's successor will be his son, Hone.Tamihana will be laid to rest this afternoon.Link to article: Kīngitanga mourns tumuaki Anaru Tamihana - NZ Herald...

Honouring the mauri

How do we protect and enhance the mauri within an urban environment? Simply put, mauri is energy. It is often paired with the word ora meaning alive or in good health. Mauri ora is the state of being in good health and well balanced. Mauri is also the source of emotions.Matauranga Māori concepts are interconnected and relative to each other; they help us understand and connect to our place within the systems of the natural world. Mauri is essential for mana, power or authority to flow. Understa...

Hamilton City council says te reo Māori names

Hamilton City Council's Community Committee has approved te reo Māori names for new parks in Rototuna and Rotokauri as part of the council's commitment that 'te reo Māori is seen, heard and celebrated throughout the city'.The council says te reo Māori names chosen for a new pocket park and a future sports park reflect the rich history and cultural significance of the whenua (land).Tuna Kai is the name of the small pocket park on Tenille St, in Rototuna in recognition of the traditional food s...

When your teen tells you something worrisome about a friend,

It can be startling, what parents of teens can overhear or otherwise learn about their own child’s friends — who's getting in with a misguided crowd, who's taken up a not-so-secret vaping habit, who seems depressed or even suicidal.And sometimes, the instinct to reach out to the parent with news that their teen might be in trouble can be a strong one — especially when your child comes directly to you with the information.But when is that helpful and important — and when is it...

World-first Māori psychology learning

A world-first kaupapa Māori minor in psychology is starting at Waikato University next month.The minor programme (a secondary subject in a bachelor’s degree) has been developed by associate professor Bridgette Masters-Awatere (Te Rarawa, Ngāi te Rangi, Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau).She expects it to add real value to the perspectives of Māori, Pākehā and other ethnicity students.Link to article: World-first Māori psychology learning coming to Waikato University | Stuff.co.nz...

The history of the Kīngitanga and

The Kīngitanga or Māori King movement is one of the most enduring Māori institutions that emerged in colonial times, and is one of the longest-running political institutions in New Zealand. Originating in 1858, it has continued into the 2000s. Kīngi Tūheitia is the seventh successive sovereign since the inception of the Kīngitanga.There was no single Māori sovereign when Europeans first came to New Zealand. Instead, Māori tribes functioned independently under the leadership of their own ...

Oranga Tamariki bill could make youth homelessness worse,

Youth homelessness may get worse if the proposed Oranga Tamariki Oversight Bill is passed in its current form.The warning from Manaaki Rangatahi, a collective which supports homeless teens, comes as the Government looks set to pass the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill, despite widespread criticism.Manaaki Rangatahi member Aaron Hendry, who is also the youth housing service lead for Lifewise, has launched a petition calling for the Go...