Kairongoa with Ngaronoa Renata

Ngaronoa visists us to talk about a few items from her medicine bag including Rangiora, Tarata (Lemonwood), Kanuka, Kumarahou and Mahoe

Why was Matariki not part of Ngaronoa's childhood and when did she first discover this aspect of her culture. We hear about a recent Maori Puppetry event at the Meteor that Ngaronoa was involved in and about work she does translating poetry into Maori

Before getting into the kairongoa Ngaronoa tells us about a vision for teaching te reo in the community.

Today we have look at Puha and also how we learn to like tastes at a young age - plus Ngaronoa addresses the situation with Seabed Mining being on the government's fast track to ecological disaster program

Ngaronoa talks about traditional Maori medicine and how it relates to the glandular system of western medicine and also the chakra system of eastern medicine