Atareta Poananga: Elegant and unflinching
She described Pākehā as “the product of the riffraff, the flotsam and jetsam of British culture.” — Moana Maniapoto on Atareta Poananga, who died just over a week ago.
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Author: Moana Maniapoto
Our new normal is aukati and rāhui
Whanaungatanga, manaakitanga, and aroha will get us through, writes Moana Maniapoto. But stay in your bubble.
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Shane Jones: ‘I’m a bit of a stirrer’
“I’ve always detected a growing level of smugness and snobbery amongst the woke leadership and I’m just never going to tolerate that.” — Shane Jones.
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Pimp my reo
“I’ve always wanted to be confidently fluent and, at times, I’ve felt like it’s been within my grasp. But then I let it slip away.”
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A call to war?
“There’s a litany of examples, including admissions by the police themselves, of unconscious bias. Or racism, as we called it in the good old days.” — Moana Maniapoto.
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Restoring mana and confidence
“We want to work shoulder to shoulder with this government rather than head-to-head headbutting.” — Ngahiwi Tomoana, Kahungunu leader.
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How can there be justice if the process isn’t just?
“If someone had said to me in 2008, I’d be turning the Whanganui River into a legal person — or parliament would be — I would have laughed.” Chris Finlayson, former Treaty negotiations minister.
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Treaty Negotiators: Not a job for wimps
“It was so stressful. I told my lot I just want to be Pākehā for a while.”
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Maria: A Love Story
“Maria Thompson became a part of the Jackson household after my son’s grandmother, June, found her on the streets and took her home. She stayed for over three decades.”
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Brown were in town. We were on a high. Hope was in the air.
At the heart of the problem is the hare-brained notion that the primary goal for the Māori media is preserving and promoting the Māori language.
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The Unforgiven
“The big challenge is how we as whānau and communities confront this terrible darkness, this sad duality that creates such a tragic legacy. There is no quick fix. It requires an open and honest conversation.”—Moana Maniapoto
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Of your moko you cannot be deprived
The concept of wearing allegiances on the face, of using the skin as a canvas to tell a personal story . . . was a distinctly Māori expression.
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Moana Maniapoto: Losing my religion
One day, while our Māori Anglican dad was at work, our Pākehā Catholic mum rushed her brood off to...
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Moana Maniapoto: Let’s judge Simon Bridges on his politics, not his whakapapa
If you can’t kill us or shut us up, redefine us — then make us extinct. Problem solved.
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Moana Maniapoto: Every day is Waitangi Day
I love a good debate. When I was at St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College, I was in the school debating...
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Moana Maniapoto: I hope the new government doesn’t need sleep
Birds are singing, the grass is greener — and after Winston Peters’ announcement, there’s...
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Moana Maniapoto: Why I’m not a party girl
When I was young and apolitical, I didn’t get around to voting. It was the ‘80s. Party time. I met...
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Putting the boot into Awataha hurts all our marae
I’ve been to a fair few marae in Auckland. The first one was Hoani Waititi at Glen Eden, in...
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Moana Maniapoto: The Willie Jackson I know
Willie Jackson can be really annoying. In fact, that was one of the reasons we divorced about 16...
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Moana Maniapoto: Uncle Manu, a gentle giant
Uncle Manu was an 11-year-old schoolboy when his dad instructed him to “put some gear on” and play...
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Moana Maniapoto: Watch out for a Trump talkalike here
I started US election week in San Francisco, hanging with a bunch of Māori and native Hawaiians...
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Moana Maniapoto: We need doctors to be on top of their game
Doesn’t life pack a wallop sometimes? One minute our family was laughing, singing and dancing,...
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Moana Maniapoto: Hold on Hekia. Cyber schools aren’t the answer
Our daughter turned eight this week. She is a bright, happy and curious little girl with lots of...
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Dalvanius — no one-hit wonder
Back in the day, when “floor shows” were king, the pub crowds of South Auckland were ruthless. I...
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Different deal — same stink “consultation”
All quiet on the TPPA front. Is that good or bad news? Well, it’s a bit of both, actually. The bad...
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Moana Maniapoto: Hands off our images
I reckon we’ve come a long way in New Zealand. Yes, we have our fair share of nutters and racists,...
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Māori are leading the way
“Bet we’re the first Māori to come here,” I whispered to Toby when we landed in Inari, a tiny...
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The racism that too few of the privileged can see
We can all understand plain old personal racism. Like the time the friendly stranger at the bus...
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Māori bashers and the morality of the media who empower them
They’re back. There I was, a fortnight ago, strapped into a plane bound for Whangarei,...
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Why we’ve become reo refugees
I’m a refugee. Apparently. I didn’t know I was one until a Sunday newspaper told me. When our baby...
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