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  • MДЃori leader and academic Sir Hirini Moko Mead has died
  • Maia tops list of New Zealand’s favourite Māori baby names
  • Marlon Williams makes history at Aotearoa Music Awards before hiatus

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

MДЃori leader and academic Sir Hirini Moko Mead has died

The NgДЃti Awa, NgДЃti TЕ«wharetoa, NgДЃi TЕ«hoe and TЕ«hourangi descendant was an educator, author, iwi leader and one of the curators of the landmark Te MДЃori exhibition.

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stuff.co.nz /1 week ago

Maia tops list of New Zealand’s favourite Māori baby names

Maia has overtaken Aroha as the most popular MДЃori name for baby girls in New Zealand, while Ariki has retained its place as the top choice for boys.

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

Marlon Williams makes history at Aotearoa Music Awards before hiatus

Te Whare TД«wekaweka is the first fully te reo MДЃori album to win Album of the Year at the Aotearoa Music Awards.

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stuff.co.nz /1 month ago

Esteemed academic TДЃ Hirini Moko Mead dies aged 99

Respected academic TДЃ Hirini Moko Mead, considered one of the leading thinkers in te ao MДЃori over the past century, was born in Wairoa in 1927.

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

Te ao MДЃori mourns the loss of Professor Whatarangi Winiata

NgДЃti Raukawa leader and champion of te reo MДЃori Professor Whatarangi Winiata has died, aged 92.

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thespinoff.co.nz /1 month ago

The rugby league club where reo MДЃori is spoken first

In the depths of suburban West Auckland, one rugby league club has supported 150 children to play in teams where te reo Māori is the norm. Ātea editor Liam Rātana went along to a g...

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

TДЃ Hirini Moko Mead - Pillar of strength laid to rest

The respected scholar, rangatira and champion of te reo leaves behind a vision of Hohou i te Rongo for future generations to fulfil.

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

NgДЃti Porou leader TДЃ Tamati Reedy dies aged 89

TДЃ Tamati was born in Ruatoria in 1936, and had a distinguished career as an academic, public servant and language advocate.

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odt.co.nz /1 month ago

Samoan Language Week in full swing

Oamaru Pacific Island Trust chairwoman Maiele Paia shows Toeafiafi Halalele (17) and Mailagi Lala (8) how to screen print Samoan images on to T-shirts at the cultural group celeb...

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

'Ko tДЃna he whakatinana' - Tributes flow for Professor Whatarangi Winiata

The NgДЃti Raukawa leader, educator and lifelong advocate for te reo MДЃori will be laid to rest on Monday.

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rnz.co.nz /2 weeks ago

'There's a rongoДЃ within the kupu MДЃori' - NZ poet laureate

Robert Sullivan says there is a "new wave" of poets writing in te reo MДЃori, inspired by their predecessors.

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stuff.co.nz /1 month ago

He haurehu whanoke: Me manwanui, me kЕЌrero rДЃnei?

I mua i te aroaro o tД“tahi tangata me tЕЌna piropiro nanakia, ka hura te kaituhi i te mamae o te iwi e pДЃ ana ki te pДЃpaku o te whanonga rangatira.

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thespinoff.co.nz /2 weeks ago

Nicole McKee’s new Act leadership role means record Māori party leaders – but no one Māori voice

New Zealand has more party leaders of Māori descent in parliament than ever before. Sunday’s announcement that Nicole McKee is the Act Party’s new deputy leader means both min...

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

'Te reo influencer' named first Professor of te reo MДЃori at Victoria University.

The more content in te reo that is shared on social media, the more people have access to it and the more it is heard, says Professor Hona Black

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rnz.co.nz /3 weeks ago

Traditional navigators encourage more people to 'look up' at Matariki

Tamahau Tangitu, Hinerapa Rupuha and Manihera Forbes were all part of a crew who sailed from Aotearoa to Samoa and back aboard the waka hourua Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti.

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

MДЃori-owned data storage network hailed as significant step towards data sovereignty

Te PДЃ TЕ«watawata will be available to marae, hapЕ«, iwi or other organisations who wish to store their data within the protection of the PДЃ.

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mauinow.com /3 days ago

Mural at KapДЃlama Kai honors ancestors, demands ocean protectionВ 

lukukui, Native Hawaiian leaders, and cultural practitioners dedicate a 6,500-square-foot mural in KapДЃlama Kai on OК»ahu inspired by the Kumulipo, the Hawaiian genealogical creat...

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stuff.co.nz /2 weeks ago

MДЃori All Blacks score 31 second-half points to storm over top of Japan XV

Japan XV led the MДЃori All Blacks comfortably at half-time before five second-half tries to the visitors swung the game in Nagoya.

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thespinoff.co.nz /6 days ago

How Puanga is helping me to grieve te reo MДЃori

As the MДЃori New Year begins, Te Rina Triponel-Ruka mourns not only the loss of loved ones, but her connection to te reo MДЃori. As Puanga rose this year, I was prompted to grieve...

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rnz.co.nz /3 weeks ago

MДЃori providers say Taranaki ready for new med school doctors

The government announced Taranaki will be one of five areas hosting students from the new med school in the Waikato.

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rnz.co.nz /2 weeks ago

Applications open for Te MДЃori fellowships to the UK.

The MДЃori curators would work directly with some of the taonga MДЃori held at Oxford in the United Kingdom.

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

Wahine makes history as first MДЃori head of School of Nursing

A 17-year-old kЕЌtiro stepping onto a nursing course could never have imagined she would one day become the first MДЃori head of the School of Nursing

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thespinoff.co.nz /2 weeks ago

How the guitar became ‘part of the whānau’ for Māori

Guitars arrived in New Zealand with settlers, yet they have become a part of Māori culture. How? Think of any kind of Māori gathering, and a guitar will probably feature at some po...

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rnz.co.nz /4 weeks ago

'He embodied the values of Moriori culture': Tommy Solomon statue restoration hits a major milestone

The restoration of the statue of Moriori leader Tommy Solomon has been awarded a grant of $60,000 from the RДЃtДЃ Foundation.

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thespinoff.co.nz

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odt.co.nz

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