Freedom Vibes ✨
Finding Strength & Humor in the Fight for Our Freedoms. What Happens When Retirees & Families Take to the Streets? Seriously, I’ve never seen so many clever placards in my life!
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Wehena Makahiki
The beautiful Makahiki celebration was this week. It's all about the start of the Makahiki season, harvest, peace, and games. Check out the interview with Pūlama Collier from King Kekaulike High School, she breaks down what it is all about.
Overlaps: Karl Marx & Edward Gibbon Wakefield
This short article looks at the life and efforts of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and asks if Karl Marx might have been influenced by his theories on systematic colonisation. Research for this was article was completed via Wikipedia. An AI tool called Merlin was used to summarise the articles.
Whiro
No stress, relax on the new moon whiro. Traditional Māori knowledge records this day as a phase dedicated to the atua Whiro, who is often associated with misfortune, pests and disease.
Put a Spring In Your Step
Today we're looking at the coming spring season as winter fades into memory and we anticipate release from lockdown. But due to the pandemic, it's not all plush roses with worries around rising case numbers and vaccination levels.
Weird & Wonderful Episode 2
⚡️Episode 2 of Weird & Wonderful: Spring, Hacking & Trolling, Equinox, Maramataka.
Turou Hawaiki - Celebrating Equinox Around the World
No matter where you live on earth, this is the period where the length of the day and night is similar, in latin called the 'equinox'. People all over earth celebrate this special day, check out some cool posts and research.
Weird & Wonderful Episode 1
Here's our first episode of weird and wonderful this week in Aotearoa. Mammoths, Aquaman 2, Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and RayBan + Facebook. Check out the moons until Monday.
Māori Language Growth (Part 1)
Have we seen growth in adoption of Te Reo Māori in Aotearoa? What do the internet search traffic statistics show us? Check out our presentation
Māori Moon, Tamatea. Find out more about spring
Maramataka Māori moon report for Tamatea around the early-mid spring time. In Aotearoa, New Zealand, our tūpuna (ancestors) recorded the names the moons and observed trends with nature associated with those moons. Here are some links to resources:
Statistics on Māori & Pacific Vaccination Rates, Sep 2021
How many Māori and Pacific people have been vaccinated in New Zealand? Using official numbers from the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Statistics, the Native Zone team refactors the visual presentation to (hopefully) make it a bit easier to understand.
Moon of Ōuenuku
Maramataka Māori moon report for Ōuenuku. Early waxing building phase, 12% illumination. This can be a primo day and night - building energy, ideal for laying down seedling beds, planting and fishing.
Rangahau
Māori Businesses in 2020
Statistics New Zealand branch of the New Zealand Government just released it's statistics on Māori businesses and Māori authorities. Check out the definition of each and the charts.
Mataatua
Matariki Te Whetū o te Tau - Dr Rangi Matamua
Mean as deep presentation from Dr Rangi Matamua. Learn about Matariki with Dr Rangi Matamua from Living by the Stars. This seminar was broadcast on 29 June 2021 by CORE Education (https://bit.ly/363hq7e) and Living by the Stars (https://bit.ly/2UggSbq).
Rangahau
Dr Meika Foster Food & Fibre
Dr Meika Foster (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Mutunga) is a nutrition scientist with a background in law. Really interesting kōrero about Māori entrepreneurship with food and fibre.
Te Arawa
Te Whare Kōrero o Tūhourangi
Came across these awesome stories put together by the Tūhourangi Tribal Authority. Stories from Te Arawa waka from arrival at Maketū until now. In Part 1 we share the stories of: Te Arawa arrival Maketu Otamaka Pakotore In Part 2 we share the stories: Rotoiti Pukeroa Mokoia Whakarewarewa Tarawera In
Aotearoa
Where do Māori live?
Custom made charts to show where Māori lived at the time of the 2018 Census, because Statistics New Zealand doesn't break it out that way.
Perspectives
Te Kōrero o Don Selwyn: Taking a stand to retain integrity as Māori
"We are there for our point of difference and our own point of tū pākiritanga and rangatiratanga", Don Selwyn, Nō Ngāti Kuri, Te Aupouri at the AUT Māori Expo.
Pūrākau
Reclaiming the Power of Pūrākau: Māui, Hine-Nui-Te-Po, Tīrairaka
Reclaiming the power of pūrākau, Robert Pouwhare, nō Ngai Tūhoe. Ahakoa he ngāhau, he hōhonu. The risks of Bowdlerism and the legend of Māui and Hine-Nui-Te-Po.
Aotearoa
Māori Television Needs to Stay
Active protection of our tāonga. Four reasons why Māori Television needs to keep charging. Data geeks welcome.
Te Pūtahi: Jessica Hutchings on Māra Kai
Jessica Hutchings books on Māori permaculture, māra kai (gardening) and food security.
Te Pūtahi: Hunting with Moana-Roa Callaghan
A whānau perspective of hunting and kaitiakitanga with Moana-Roa Callaghan from Te Whānau-ā-Apanui.
Te Pūtahi: Dr Andrew Sporle: Epidemics & Inequality
COVID-19, what we can learn from the past, the role of haukāinga & challenging the Government on inequities for Māori in health.
Aotearoa
History of the Māori Electorates
Here's the history of how the Māori electorates were established. When the New Zealand Constitution Act was passed in 1852, it established the Parliamentary system. Those eligible to vote and to be voted for, had to be: