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Nearly 175 years after his death, Te Rauparaha remains an intriguing character. He’s been immortalised in fiction, poetry, film, waiata and haka, and has his name on the side of an arena. A new 5-part podcast series Te Rauparaha: Kei Wareware tells ...

What do mixed martial artist and kickboxer Israel Adesanya , former All Black Liam Messam and 28th Māori Battalion veteran Sir Robert ‘Bom’ Gillies have in...

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Listener's literary editor Mark Broatch picks some highlights for upcoming Word festival.

When Ross Calman first enrolled at university, he had only a superficial knowledge of te reo and his whakapapa.

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11:32, Jul 06 2021 LAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff Peter Dowling, founder of Oratia Media. Like many a publishing person, my winter reading is dominated by design PDFs, printer proofs and advances of forthcoming titles. Watching a book blossom as it travels from manuscript to page to print never loses its thrill. One set of proofs that have been gladdening our hearts during the voyage to publication is Blimmin’ Koro / Kātahi rā, e Koro e!.​ Jill Bevan-Brown​’s bilingual picture book tells of a...

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Waituhi o Tamaki takes Maori writers to heart 11 May 2021 11:45 AM More Related Stories HASH(0x3314c88) Some of Māoridom’s leading wordsmiths will share their stories and insights at the Auckland Writers Festival. Waituhi o Tāmaki director Ann O’Brien says the festival is particularly honoured to feature novelist Patricia Grace, who has just published a memoir. Other highlights will include Ross Calman discussing in te reo Māori his translation of a 19th century biography of Ngāti...