Jewell (Heitiki) Carlson joined us for our Summer 22-23 intake of Growing the Puna internships. Here she shares her learnings throughout the experience. My Māori heritage and culture are a huge part of who I am. Taiao is a foundation of Māori culture and due to...
Paris King (Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi) shares her experience as a Toi Tangata Growing the Puna intern. Ma te rongo, ka mohio;Ma te mohio, ka marama; Ma te marama, ka matau; Ma te matau, ka ora. From listening comes knowledge; From knowledge comes understanding; From understanding comes wisdom; From wisdom comes well-being. This...
Serves: 4Cooking time: 30 Ingredients 1 ½ cups of long grain rice2 cups of water2 medium kumara or 2 cups of pumpkin1 white onion3 cloves of garlic2 Tbsp olive oil1 Tbsp garam Masala1 tsp curry powder1 tsp ground cumin1 tsp ground cayenne pepper (Optional for spice)1 can...
Kaitātaki Tāne, Kawariki Morgan, and Kaitātaki Wāhine, Marama Jones, talk about the journey to realising hauora is haka and haka is hauora. Ngā Tūmanako was originally founded for and by foundation students of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae. The kapa aims to amplify...
Kia Hīanga sets out Sport NZ’s bicultural vision for play in Aotearoa New Zealand. Join us as we host tākaro Māori exponent, Nikki Penetito-Hemara, as she shares the journey of Kia Hīanga and her whakaaro around the continued restoration, revitalisation, and reclamation of Tākaro, by,...
This summer we welcome our two Growing the Puna Interns, Jewell and Paris. Growing the Puna has been a successful internship for nine years running. We welcome both Paris King and Jewell Carlson to our Toi Tangata whānau and wish them all the best during...
A brand new whānau ātea (family recreation space) was opened by the Tūpuna Maunga Authority yesterday in Tāmaki Makaurau. Located at the base of Te Pane o Mataoho / Te Ara Pueru / Māngere Mountain it hosts a beautiful collection of tākaro Māori elements.The vibrant...
Papawhakaritorito Charitable Trust has recently released their research report, He Whenua Rongo, Elevating Māori Soil and Kai Resiliency, and the He Whenua Rongo summary report online on their website. He Whenua Rongo was a seven month kaupapa Māori research project that has been conducted by Papawhakaritorito...
In 2021 Toi Tangata led a scoping project exploring how a te reo Māori-competent and confident health workforce might address Māori health and health workforce inequities. We put out a survey to kaimahi Māori that aimed to capture ways that Māori health workforce development investment might...
Kātahi anō mātou o te Hokianga ka tae ki te kaupeka o Mātiti Muramura. Kua tohungia tēnei kaupeka e te puāwaitanga o ngā Pohutukawa me ngā Rātā, arā, ko te ngā o te whenua. He rite tonu ngā tae o ngā puāwai Pōhutukawa ki ērā...