US based investigative journalists Tristan Ahtone and Maria Parazo Rose attended a conference in Tamaki Makaurau this week where they discussed data sovereignty, archival data and AI to uncover stories about 'whenua and mana motuhake' and exploring climate impacts through an indigenous lens. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Rob Ruha teams up with NZSO
Rob Ruha is an award-winning musician, composer and kapa haka 'fanatic.' Julian Wilcox asks him about his latest work, TEIWA, for which he's collaborating with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Professor Atholl Anderson
For decades Ngai Tahu archaeologist and historian, Professor Atholl Anderson, has explored the origins and historic migration of peoples around the Pacific, the first arrivals of Māori in Aotearoa and their early encounters with Europeans. His great, great, great grandmother married a sealer, and their first home was on Whenuahou, Codfish Island, and his father, John Anderson, was raised in the Scottish Highlands. Professor Anderson says his career 'chose me' and 'what you do in your life is determined by factors beyond your control.' Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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The Māori Sidesteps 'an antidote to division.'
The Māori Sidesteps salute the great Māori showbands of the past while mixing it up with modern comedy and skit routines poking fun at everything from culture to politics. Group members Jamie McCaskill, Cohen Holloway and Jerome Leota talk to Julian Wilcox about their upcoming show at Wellington's Circa Theatre which they say is a kaupapa of "joy as an antidote to division."
Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Ngāti Tūwharetoa ariki Sir Tumu Te Heuheu
In a special extended interview with Ngati Tuwharetoa ariki, Sir Tumu Te Heuheu, he seeks the return of the Tongariro National Park and maunga to his iwi. Now aged in his 80s he also reflects on his aspirations for Maoridom and some advice for the ariki who follows him. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details