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Press Release – Joint Press Release Bay of Plenty teachers now have access to a world-leading Te Reo Māori app, through a Ministry of Education initiative aimed at strengthening New Zealand’s education workforce in Te Reo. Reo Ora is a fully automated Te Reo Māori app developed by one of New Zealand’s leading linguistics and Māori language experts, Dr. Rāpata Wiri (Te Arawa, Ngāti Ruapani) and built by Rotorua-based Salt + Tonic. Dr. Wiri said the multi-dialect app is the only one of...

Press Release – Joint Press Release Bay of Plenty teachers now have access to a world-leading Te Reo Mori app, through a Ministry of Education initiative aimed at strengthening New Zealands education workforce in Te Reo. Reo Ora is a fully automated Te Reo Mori app developed by … Bay of Plenty teachers now have access to a world-leading Te Reo Māori app, through a Ministry of Education initiative aimed at strengthening New Zealand’s education workforce in Te Reo. Reo Ora is a fully auto...

Monday, 12 July 2021, 11:59 am Bay of Plenty teachers now have access to a world-leading Te Reo Māori app, through a Ministry of Education initiative aimed at strengthening New Zealand’s education workforce in Te Reo. Reo Ora is a fully automated Te Reo Māori app developed by one of New Zealand’s leading linguistics and Māori language experts, Dr. Rāpata Wiri (Te Arawa, Ngāti Ruapani) and built by Rotorua-based Salt + Tonic. Dr. Wiri said the multi-dialect app is the only one of its ki...

What do we mean when we talk about decolonising one’s mind?

The solution to all of the woes created by Europeans crossing oceans and subjugating brown people to steal resources and make way for white people is coming a lot faster than most people realise -or can even contemplate! Everyone is headed for a precolonial level of existence (or medieval if you like to think in European terms), at best, as ‘developed nations tread the inevitable path of energy decline and environmental collapse that are a natural consequence of allowing bankers, economists...

Almost there! Check your email inbox to finalise email verification. Youll then be asked to choose a password so you can log in to The Spinoff. February 14, 2021 Hear me out: Valentine’s Day doesn’t suck Valentine’s Day doesn’t need to be about splurging on gifts you can’t really afford or feeling single and lonely. If you do it right, it can be liberating, says Charlotte Muru-Lanning. Hating on Valentine’s Day is an activity enjoyed by many. As a country of people w...

Written By: advantage - Date published: 11:18 am, February 7th, 2021 - 42 comments No good citizen in their right mind would want to see democracy further eroded in the United States of America. Cold cash and mercantilist in all levels of political process have lowered – shall we say Trumped – how the United States is perceived internationally. President Biden set out his thoughts for the world to consider yesterday. New ...

In other words, perhaps, the coronavirus virus uses long-term infections as a mutational testing ground. While inside one person, they can try out all these different combinations of mutations and figure out, through trial and error, which ones are best at evading the immune system or helping the virus become more infectious. Nothing new and textbook virus evolution. However, the leap to the last sentence is not and is not the most likely outcome, rather the opposite, in my opinion, and very po...

Cultural appropriation: What it means and why it matters 17 minutes to read Joanna Wane on navigating the social minefield of cultural "ownership". The theme of the Queenstown party was "Inappropriate", and the woman who contacted costume hire company First Scene had already come up with a few ideas of her own. Maybe, she suggested, her husband could go as the Christchurch mosque shooter and she could be a Muslim? Or what about American slave and master costumes? Owner Jo Pilk...

Dion Peita: My story, as told to Elisabeth Easther 18 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 7 minutes to read Dion Peita stands in front of one of the new Maori artworks called Te Tatau Kaitiaki which is featuring in the redeveloped South Atrium at the Auckland Museum. Photo / Dean Purcell Dion Peita stands in front of one of the new Maori artworks called Te Tatau Kaitiaki which is featuring in the redeveloped South Atrium at the Auckland Museum. Photo / Dean Purcell Dion Peita (Ngāti Tipa, Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua...