Ngahuia Te Awekotuku: ‘Never give up, girl’
…family. My shelter, my protection, my happy place was with my kuia, Hera Tāwhai Rogers, who was a sublime weaver. When Queen Elizabeth was here, in the royal visit of…
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Nevak Rogers: Windows into other worlds
Nevak Rogers, proudly Hula Haka. Our mainstream media organisations have, for generations, played an unsavoury part in helping keep many New Zealanders uninformed and prejudiced about Māori and Pasifika issues….
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He maimai aroha: Anaru Robb
…he was one of the original team. He was our admin man. Not that admin was his vein of gold — but never mind. There was another role where he…
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Rewi Spraggon: Feeding the multitudes
…a swear word, mate! I never do them in steamers. I only do them in the ground. And I’m the only in-ground commercial hāngi person in the country — which…
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Forever Brave
…obstacles. We never needed to look over our shoulder, as we knew there was a mate there protecting us. Sadly, on so many occasions during the war, our friends and…
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