Native Zone

Kingi Gilbert

Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Whakaue. Producer. Lived in UK, Spain, Hawaii and Aotearoa. Married & father of two.

35 stories

Hawaii

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!

Hawaii

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.

Rangahau

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.

Māhina

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.

Aotearoa

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.

Aotearoa

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.

Aotearoa

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

Māhina

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:

Rangahau

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.

Māhina

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.

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.

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.

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:

Aotearoa

Ihumātao: Why Save the Land?

Hina Kneubuhl talks with Qiane Matata-Sipu of Ihumātao (co-founder of SOUL) about the intensification of urban development and the right of people to have their own opinion.

Aotearoa

Ihumātao: Misconceptions

Hina Kneubuhl talks with Qiane Matata-Sipu of Ihumātao (co-founder of SOUL) about misconceptions. Qiane outlines concern about intergenerational trauma and a continuing cycle of colonisation.

Aotearoa

Ihumātao: Whakapapa

Hina Kneubuhl talks with Qiane Matata-Sipu of Ihumātao (co-founder of SOUL) about her whakapapa and identity in Ihumātao. Qiane recounts her observance of the pollution on the land and the impact of that pollution on her children's identity.

Hawaii

An Uncivil Government Meets Kapu Aloha

A tri-cultural perspective about the State of Hawaii and TMT construction opponents on Mauna Kea. Old establishment structures meet tech savvy, connected native communities. Why uncivil bullies always lose and smart, warm people always win.

Hawaii

On Mauna Kea with Ben Cohn

Ben Cohn is a Hawaii born documentary film-maker of Intergrative Media Co-operative. He gives his views on the land on the mauna.

Mataatua

Ohiwa Harbour me Ngā Iwi

Three part series published by Television New Zealand programme 'Waka Huia' of the history of the Ohiwa Harbour and its tribes.

Perspectives

Perception of Māori - Past, Present, Future

This article discusses the use of information to manipulate public perception of Maori. It briefly talks about Maori response and finally presents five things that can be done to fight a 150 year old legacy of anti-Maori thinking.