Alongside Joe McLeod, we hosted a three day Toi Wānanga: Ngā Kai a te Māori at Waikarā Marae in te Taitokerau. Matua Joe shared his plentiful mātauranga around kai Māori from mahinga kai to umu and everything in between. For three days in mid-October, Toi Tangata...
Montel Tivoli has endured the rigors of weightlifting from a very early age and has excelled significantly in this sport. Not only is he a CommonWealth Games medalist, he has also etched his name in history as the only Māori to have performed the jerk...
In this Toi Ako webinar, Awhitia Mihaere takes us on a journey of enlightenment guiding us through rongoā Māori, traditional birthing, and quantum physics from a Māori world view. “Me Ko Hinewaiata ahau te oro tuatahi o te ao.” We are the cultivation of science...
Join us during World Iron Awareness Week as we host PhD candidate, Ruihi Shortland, in this month’s webinar where she will be giving us an insight into her mahi developing te Taka Pūmotu, a Māori interpretation of the scientific periodic table. Drawing from mātauranga Māori, kaupapa Māori...
Wāhanga Tuarua Kuruho Wereta of Kura Rēhia co-created Kaupapa, a reo Māori focused game to encourage whānau to learn and use Te Reo Māori. Kūruho shares his reo Māori journey while creating a resource for whānau to use, and the bravery it takes to overcome whakamā...
Kura Rēhia is passionate about celebrating te reo Māori through play. Founded in 2020 by Kuruho Wereta and Rosie Remmerswaal, Kura Rēhia creates board games, resources and events for a bilingual Aotearoa. Their aim is for Aotearoa to experience te reo Māori as central to...
Atua Wahine – Mana Wahine: Tracing the whakapapa of physical activity among Māori women in contemporary Aotearoa. Tūpuna Māori were a strong and active people whose relationship with their natural environment was fundamental to their ability to adapt and flourish in challenging environments . During this hour-long...
Traditional Māori physical activity is distinguished by a Māori cultural definition understood through mātauranga, with shared whakapapa to Atua, and practiced through tikanga. Despite a rich understanding and practice of Māori physical activity in a pre-European era, the violent colonial experience in Aotearoa has resulted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDZmDyr1vsk Maara jamz: Mai te kakano ki te puawaitanga- The Pekepo-Ratu blueprint to mana motuhake in the home is the essence of this Toi Ako webinar. The Pekepo-Ratu whānau are not shy of mucking in and getting it done and are honest about the good, the...
Davina Thompson (Ngāti Awa, Te Arawa) is an elite sportswoman, a Māmā, a kaimahi for Te Arawa Lakes trust and a Rongoā Māori practitioner. She has pursued Mātauranga Māori for many years, passed on to her from her Kuia and Koroua. With help from communities...