Category: Maori
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Two Days at Te Whare Ruruhau: A Taste of Wild Perfection
If you want to be inspired, then get out into nature. The more remote, the better. My friend Doug manages a Māori trust that looks after 6,950 hectares of mountainous terrain nestled between the Kaimanawa and Kaweka Forests in the central North Island of New Zealand. Recently, it was my great pleasure and privilege to…
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Being kakama: Agile in Te Reo
I recently retook the one-day Executive Education Agile Fundamentals course at the University of Auckland with some colleagues. For my colleagues, it was the first time. But I learned more the second time around. Being a newbie to project management, my learning this time around was because I now had a structure in my head…
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I didn’t know much about the Treaty of Waitangi
This is a guest post by Aroha Puketapu As a kotiro Maaori growing up on my papakainga next to the marae, I didn’t know much about the Treaty of Waitangi. However, I did know about our land and how it was confiscated under the Public Works Act. I knew that the government confiscated our 100…
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Indigenous Taiwanese and Māori in Aotearoa NZ – You might be happily surprised at the relationship
What is the relationship of Māori in Aotearoa NZ to indigenous Taiwanese?
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How do you integrate indigenous cultural values and worldview with business and education?
In Aotearoa New Zealand, we have been working hard to strengthen vocational training, especially for our indigenous Māori groups as well as Pacific Peoples. This includes a focus on both young people and adults. And by “we” I mean the collective we. This “we” includes government agencies involved in funding and quality assurance, independent research…
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What Is Ako? A Maori View Of Teaching And Learning
What is Ako? Teaching and Learning – a Māori View. Ako is a transaction between the akonga and kaiako, teacher and learner.
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What is Tuakana-Teina? You Carry One Handle of the Kete and I Carry the Other
This is an excerpt from an upcoming eBook and collaboration by Aroha Puketapu with Graeme (Kereama) Smith. Watch this space for more…! If you carry one handle of the kete and I carry the other handle we share the load. If I am left to bear the load on my own I become discouraged and…
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Which words should I learn in te reo Māori?
You’re probably already asking yourself what you’re going to do to learn some new reo this week. Here are a couple of good places to start: 100 Māori words every New Zealander should know. 365 Māori words. Learn one word every day for a year. 1000 Māori place names. These are great because once you…
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How well do you know te reo Māori?
Check out this awesome online quiz and see how many words you know from a list of 100 words in te reo. Post your score in the comments and I’ll post mine.
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The Church And Māori Culture: Leave Your Shoes At The Door, Not Your Culture
A personal reflection by Aroha Puketapu on Māori culture, church culture, identity, wharenui, tikanga, and why culture should not be left at the door.