Piki-hama - a place of belonging for Pasifika law students at Te Herenga Waka
A new Pasifika law students’ room—Piki-Hama—opened at Old Government Buildings (OGB) in July. Formalities included speeches from...
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The Road to Huinga: Ngāi Tauira’s Journey to Te Huinga Tauira 2025
Ngāi Tauira Column, Shay McEwan (she/her) Te Whānau-a-Kai, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Porou. For many student associations, preparing for a...
What’s your favourite Māori book?
Arabella King (Ngā Ruahine, Taranaki, Te Ātiawa, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Ngāti Hauā) Books: Aroha & Wawata by Dr Hinemoa Elder These...
Te Aho Matua: A History of Kura Kaupapa Māori
By Taipari Taua (Muriwhenua, Ngāpuhi) Tamaiti ākona i te kāinga, tū ana ki te marae Tamaiti ākona i te Kura Kaupapa, tū ana ki te ao, tau...
From Aotearoa to Palestine: Matariki Reflections
It’s Matariki, and I am with my whānau by the coast with a bowl of hot boil-up on my lap and some fry bread in my hand. We’re gathered...
An Oral History of Sex
By Shaw McEwan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Porou) and Taipari Taua (Muriwhenua, Ngāpuhi) Sex and love have always been...
How can te ao Māori be uplifted as we enter the Intelligent Age?
By Noam Mānuka Lazarus It is no doubt that technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing are developing faster than...
Muka, manu, and mana
Reflections from a Māori postgrad on style and politics by Tanith Wirihana Te Waitohioterangi (Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau a Kai, Te Aitanga...
He kai mā te waha, kaua mā te karu
A feast for the mouth, not for the eyes He aha kē te mea nui o te ao Māori? Ko te tāera o te kākahu, ko te whai i te tikanga raini? Kua...
I Want To Go Home (But I’m Already On My Rohe)
Madi Brokenshire (she/her, Ngāti Maru Hauraki & Te Āti Awa) I miss home. But I’m already on my iwi’s land. The only time I feel at home...
Decolonising the Lab Coat
Rebekah Tolhopf The integration of Māoritanga and Science The scientific method, as it is commonly taught and practiced, promotes a...
Kaitiakitanga
By Taipari Taua (Muriwhenua, Ngāpuhi) Although I can’t say I had a perfect upbringing, two things are true. I can’t change the past and I...
It's a Māori world and you're lucky to be living in it. (uh-huh)
By Josh Robinson (He/Him) Ngāti Ranganui Last week, I visited Parliament to watch the Treaty Principles bill fail in its second reading....
A Tiriti Honouring Aotearoa
Nā Hilda Halkyard-Harawira (Ngā Iwi o Muriwhenua, Ngāpuhi, me Ngāti Whātua) Tēna koutou, e tauira mā, All you clever students and kaiako...
Imagining Te Tiriti-centred Futures
By Asians Supporting Tino Rangatiratanga (Pōneke) You may have heard of Asians Supporting Tino Rangatiratanga (ASTR) – a group of tauiwi...
Being Tangata Tiriti: Pākehā Voices on Belonging, Responsibility, and Aotearoa
By Te Urukeiha Tuhua (He/Ia) Tūhoe I’ve heard a lot of kōrero about what it means to be Tangata Tiriti- a non-Māori person living in...
Life at a post-hīkoi VUW
By Kaea Hudson (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe) On the 19th of November 2024 a record number of people journeyed to the streets of...
Ka Mua Ka Muri
By Maia Berryman-Kamp (Te Arawa, Mataatua) When talking about Te Tiriti, one figure looms elusive - the Waitangi Tribunal. Featuring in...
Beyond the Colonial Blindfold
Will Irvine (he/him) “Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old...
“By Māori, with Māori, for Māori” – Debunking Fears about Kaupapa Māori Approaches to Governance
Nā Aria Ngarimu (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Rongomaiwāhine, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) If you’ve encountered critical theory...
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