Saturday Morning

An international aid flotilla to Gaza - containing about 60 boats - left Barcelona a couple of weeks ago carrying supplies for the Gazan people. But on Thursday they were intercepted by Israeli forces west of the Greek island of Crete - still about 700 nautical miles from Gaza. Four New Zealanders were detained by the IDF but another, Hahona Ormsby of Ngati Maniapoto, managed to escape capture along with his crew.

Tamaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum is displaying a rare 18th century pauku, Maori war cloak, which is on loan from Durham University in northern England. Dr Kahutoi Te Kanawa is the Pou Arahi Curator Maori at Auckland Museum and co-Director of the Museum's textile and fibre knowledge exchange centre, Te Aho Mutunga Kore.

Hinemoa Awatere has been appointed as Tumu Whakarae at Te Taura Ora o Waiariki, the Iwi Maori Partnership Board for the Te Arawa rohe, which advocates for the healthcare of more than 30-thousand Maori in that area.

Wild by name and nature, Sam Wild is a passionate hunter, award-winning spear fisherman and underwater cameraman. Today is the start of the duck shooting season, so he's doing that too. Sam is a judge at this year's Monteith's Wild Food Challenge featuring wild, foraged and unconventional ingredients. He talks to Mihingarangi about why everyone should be brave when it comes to wild food!

Award-winning journalist Eugene Bingham tells two stories - Te Pahi's story and his own! Te Pahi is the extraordinary true tale of the first influential Maori leader to cross the Tasman. Te Tai Tokerau rangatira Te Pahi's curiosity about the Pakeha world forged alliances, saved lives and ultimately cost him his own. Eugene is one of Aotearoa's most respected investigative journalists and an internationally acclaimed podcaster. He's an athlete too! Eugene has completed dozens of marathons and ultra-marathons. Nowadays, though, he's more likely to be at the start line of a 5km parkrun. Since 2021, he's been learning te reo Maori, mostly at Te Wananga o Aotearoa, with the goal of re-introducing the language to his whanau. His book is The Chief and the Empire and he talks to Susie about why stories like this are so important today.