Aotearoa

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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.

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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.

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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

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.

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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.

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.