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Ombudsman steps up Maori outreach 18 Dec 2020 18:48 PM More Related Stories Related Podcast The Chief Ombudsman says the formation of an advisory panel of senior and up and coming Māori leaders, Pūhara Mana Tangata, was a highlight of the year. Releasing his annual report, Peter Boshier says he signalled in last year’s report that improving his relationship with tangata whenua was a top priority. One result was several regional hui about strengthening oversight of the children in care system, alongside the Independent Children’s Monitor and the Children’s Commissioner. Mr Boshie...

Related Podcast L.A.B frontman Joel Shadbolt says the chart topping band has reached back to the 1970s for inspiration for its fourth long player. L.A.B IV features 12 tracks combining reggae, funk, soul & blues in a distinctive 70’s sound. Shadbolt says it suited the band's collaborative approach to song writing and production. "This album definitely has that nice mellow feel. Every time I listen to it is groove oriented, which is a massive staple in our music. We love the funk and obviously the roots reggae stuff and we've just delved deeper into those styles and deeper into that style of...

Indigenous manuscript wows Adam judges 18 Dec 2020 18:48 PM On File Related Podcast This year’s Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing has gone to what judges called a genre-defying work of great significance. Kotuku Titihuia Nuttal’s manuscript Tauhou is described as a graceful, poetic and subversive telling of stories and moments that weave and connect between Aotearoa New Zealand and First Nations Canada. Nuttal, who has connections to Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi and the Tsawout First Nation of British Columbia’s Coast Salish people, is a takatāpui ...

Nazi propaganda ace used to attack Maori partnership 18 Dec 2020 18:48 PM More Related Stories Related Podcast New Zealand Māori Council executive director Matthew Tukaki is calling for the Otago Daily Time’s Star News website to remove a column by former ACT MP Muriel Newman quoting one of Adolf Hitler's main enablers. In her latest column attacking the idea there may be a treaty partnership between crown and Māori, Dr Newman leads off with Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels’ famous quote that if you tell a big enough lie and repeat it, people will eventually believe it. Mr...

Fund to protect matauranga from COVID risk 15 Dec 2020 15:48 PM More Related Stories Related Podcast The Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage has announced 18 initiatives to help iwi, hapū, whānau and Māori communities safeguard indigenous knowledge from the ongoing threat of COVID-19. Carmel Sepuloni says COVID-19 brought into sharp focus significant existing risks to mātauranga Māori, which in many cases is held by a small number of knowledge holders and arts practitioners - often kaumātua - who are particularly vulnerable to the global pandemic. Among the initiatives to be...