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Friday, 4 June 2021, 9:38 am “Today is the last day Government has to appeal a ruling that granted Māori property rights based on tikanga,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. The Whakatōhea decision, made under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act, the legislation that replaced the Foreshore and Seabed Act, granted customary marine title and protected customary rights to several Bay of Plenty hapū. “The previous National Government’s decision to include references to tikanga...

Melanie Carroll05:00, Jun 04 2021 Talented Kiwis who returned home amid the Covid-19 pandemic are confident they can thrive here despite some challenges. As Covid-19 began rolling around the world last year and countries slammed their doors shut to contain the pandemic, many New Zealanders chose to return home. Three recipients of KEA’s World Class New Zealander Award on Thursday night said Covid-19 was a factor in their return, and in their decision to stay, but the timing was also right t...

Lorna Thornber05:00, Jun 04 2021 MCNEILL FAMILY The end of the journey as the McNeil family reach the tip of the fishtail, Te Rerenga Wairua aka Cape Reinga. Blessed be Aotearoa, a land full-to-bursting with sacred sites. Many of our best-known landmarks have strong spiritual significance to Māori, helping tell the stories of how our nation came to be. Heritage New Zealand recognises more than 180 wāhi tapu – which it defines as places sacred to Māori in the traditional, spiritual, relig...

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

Warren Feeney’s recommended list of 10 exhibitions in June includes three good reasons to visit Ralph Hotere’s Ātete (to resist).

JASON DORDAY/Stuff Select clinics will offer the opportunity to self- test for HPV as part of a new research programme. (File photo) They will be offered the choice of doing an HPV self-test in the clinic or at home. They can then drop the test back to the clinic or mail the sample in. The preferred method and rise in self-testing will then be analysed, the results of which will help inform the Ministry of Health on how to operate the national HPV self-testing programme in two years’ time. ...

“I really wanted to bring the show back to where it all started for me,” Knowles said. “This is the place that I first started learning about the Maori myths, particularly the myth of creation which the show is based around.” When Knowles was a student at Bohally, mum Lindy ran a specialised drama and music department, and was instrumental in the production of a biennial show at the school. When she left the school 14 years ago, the shows came to an end. She returned to the school la...

Five artists from the Waikato are among the 50 from around the country who have been selected as finalists in the inaugural competition. They are Hollie Tawhiao (Ngāti Tīpa) of Hamilton; David Grace (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pou, Ngati Kahungunu) of Te Awamutu; Eleazar Bramley of Taupō; Regan Balzer (Te Arawa, Ngāti Ranginui, Maniapoto) of Hamilton; and Ani Ligaliga (Ngāti Kahungunu) of Hamilton. SUPPLIED Te Awamutus David Grace created this Pekerangi kakahu that has a special taniko patter...

supplied Some of the Kiīgi Tūheitia Portraiture Awards finalists, from left, Tessa Williams created ‘’#It’sNotAboutATie’’; Hikurangi Tikitiki-o-Rangi Mangū carved a portrait of his tupuna ‘’Hinematikotai’’; and Suzanne Tāmaki’s ‘’Cultural Preservation’’. The phone line crackles a little as the god of weather, Tāwhirimātea hurls Ranginuis, his father’s tears sideways outside, and artist Kura Te Waru-Rewiri’s gentle voice says she is about to travel to the Ha...

Glitter waka for art gallery entrance 12 May 2021 08:03 AM Photo: Scoop. Auckland Art Gallery and Edmiston Trust have commissioned a major new sculpture from glitter king Reuben Paterson. The 10-metre high waka made from more than 600 iridescent crystals will rise vertically out of the Gallery’s forecourt pool. Paterson, from Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāi Tūhoe, and Tūhourangi, says it will navigate a spectacular journey from Papatūānuku into the embrace of Ranginui and cast a galaxy ...