You would be forgiven for believing that having a Māori only space is ‘separatist’, especially since everyone’s not-favourite Aunty Judith Collins thinks that Māori schemes reek of segregation as she tries her best to have a Don Brash speech at Orewa moment. If I put it quite plainly though,...
August 10, Greenlane 1995 – Grace Rihari The day my angel decided to breathe me into lifeMy mum wanted Phoebe, my Dad thought otherwiseAnd so they settled on Grace, don’t ask me how or why With 33 letters and 3 middle namesMy Ingoa is quite the mouthful to sayI...
There are people who spend hours of mahi researching, staying up late, scrolling through countless papers to try and discover some new particle or what the meaning of life is. I haven’t done any of that. But today I present you something perhaps not as scientific, but a theory...
Reo Tauira Time and time again the world is reminded of the injustices that occur on the daily. But we’re being reminded at the cost of our brother’s and sister’s lives. Given the current circumstances and the restrictions COVID has imposed on the world, we may not be able...
Ki te kāpuia e kore e whati! With all that’s going on in the world at the moment, especially within te ao Māori, it is really important that we more actively think about and work toward the Aotearoa New Zealand that we want to live in. Appropriation of Māori...
Living by the moon to McDonald’s… “If we can’t control the food that we put in our mouths, what does that tell us about sovereignty?” – Prof Linda T. Smith, 2020. Contextualise this for yourself – it’s not just about McDonald’s and what we put into our bodies. It’s...
This week we catch up with some humans of Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato and see how they’re going with iso!
REO TAUIRA For those of us who have the whārns withdrawals hard and are missing the weekly jam sessions, we’ve got you covered! Learn your words during the rāhui and you’ll get that front row Waiora spot for sure! We’ve compiled some staple anthems that you’d usually hear all...
REO TAUIRA Last week Aunty Jacinda called it and now it is our new reality for the foreseeable future. Lockdown. But life goes on! UOW students have now come off the one-week semi breather known as teaching suspension and classes and assignments have ramped up again albeit all in...
REO TAUIRA uia te rangi e tū nei Tuia te papa e takoto nei Tuia te herenga tangata kei ngā tōpito katoa o te ao Ko ngā tauwhirotanga o te ao wairua ki runga i a tātou i te ao kikokiko nei Tihei mauriora! Mate-urutā Korona, COVID-19, Coronavirus… It’s...
