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Whiro has an identity crisis. Michelle Rahurahu and essa may ranapiri kōrero on their own understandings of this dark Māori god: evil, chaos, the void, black holes, and ngārara included.
Sinead Overbye with her gorgeous boo, filmmaker Alesha Ahdar, on making a film that the takatāpui community is proud of.
Can you talk about the evolution of Haupapa? Janine Randerson: Haupapa came about after I found Rachel Shearer was also interested in both the cosmologies of snow and ice and their patterns of data, ...
For over 20 years, Tāmihana Kātene (Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Whātua) has been a maker, player and advocate of taonga pūoro. The Porirua-based carver of wood, stone and bone ...
Reuben Friend's thoughts on Brett Graham’s 'Tai Moana Tai Tangata' at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre.
The first works you see are Ali’s rugs, hung up on the walls of the ground floor. Drawing from a complex tradition of Afghan war rugs, Ali’s works are grand in scale and abundantly rich in iconography ...
From arriving in New Zealand with no money, to being honoured for her service to Kiribati culture and community in Aotearoa, for Louisa Humphry being armed with te rabakau ensures I-Kiribati knowledge ...
In partnership with All My Friends, we have invited four writers to reflect on the themes, locations and stories explored in the video series Niu Gold Mountain. First off, Ruby Macomber responds to ...
Dawn Raids was written by Sāmoan playwright Oscar Kightley in 1997. Oscar was a child during the heart of the Dawn Raids era, having recently been sent to Aotearoa from Sāmoa to live with relatives in ...
When espying the dirty traitorous work that Hatupatu was doing the riroriro immediately flew off to find the old lady and tell her of Hatupatu’s misdeeds. When the old lady arrived Hatupatu had left.
Moving the theatre to Ellerslie racecourse for a second season in summer 2017, Miles and Tobias’ Pop-up Globe has sold over 150,000 tickets over the two seasons combined. Since the first iteration, ...
Where are all the badass cool Asian girls in bands? If Bic Runga and Boh Runga are the only Kiwi-Asian musicians you can name, do better and expand your listening range. Karen Hu and Sherry Zhang chat ...