Ko Papatūānuku tēnei, it’s yo Mama here. I’ve just been hanging about, letting nature do nature, rivers be rivers, skies be skies and after three weeks of Aoteroa Alert Level 4, forced isolation, I want to share my observations.
Dear Aotearoa, from mum Read More »
In a world with no Covid-19, the roads to Taranaki would be full of mourners this Easter weekend. Instead we are stuck in our bloody bubbles.
Tuna, tapenade but no tangihanga Read More »
Soon after arriving at Māori Television as its new CEO in December 2004, I was confronted with a daunting array of reo and tikanga challenges spread far and wide across the organisation. It didn’t help that I was an absolute novice in both domains, and here I was, tasked with aligning our cultural aspirations with
Former Māori TV boss salutes Huirangi Read More »
Just six months ago, Nadine and Karl Toe Toe were on top of the world. They cleaned up at the 2019 New Zealand Tourism Industry awards taking the honours for ‘Community engagement’. Then Covid struck.
Māori tourism brought to its knees Read More »
Teachers are amazing but I don’t want to be one. And especially not to my own children. But in these exceptional Covid-19 circumstances I get the feeling there is an expectation I’m going to have to step up, at least for the next few weeks anyway. Where do I even start? It was a struggle
What to do with the kids? Read More »
