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Want to increase your knowledge of te ao Māori (the Māori world)? With a mixture of Māori and English, the Taringa podcast is the perfect way to learn te reo and tikanga Māori in a fun and relaxed way. Taringa is brought to you by Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary education providers. We offer a comprehensive range of qualifications to New Zealanders from all walks of life.
Episodes

Friday Aug 25, 2023
Taringa - Ep 301 - Kupu, Kupu, Kupu - He iti te kupu
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Hona Black, author and recent graduate of Te Tohu Paerua o Te Reo Kairangi, joins us to kōrero about Te Reo, particularly his book -of the book 'He Iti te Kupu: Maori Metaphors and Similes'. The book can be purchased from https://aotearoabooks.co.nz/he-iti-te-kupu-m-ori-metaphors-and-similes/

Friday May 26, 2023
Taringa - Ep 289 - Kupu, Kupu, Kupu - Ka Wānangahia te kupu ’kua’
Friday May 26, 2023
Friday May 26, 2023
The Taringa trio have a wānanga on the various uses of the word "kua".

Friday Jan 13, 2023
Taringa - Waiata Compilation 12 - Summer 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
To help break up those back-to-work blues, we have some more music for you to sing along to!
Enjoy these waiata previously featured in Eps 210 — 223.
Track Listing;
00:41 - Whiti te Marama (Majic Paora)
03:39 - Tīhore mai te Rangi (Ria Hall)
07:07 - Pureora (Arekatera Maihi)
10:13 - Pupuru ai e Hine (Motai)
13:49 - Purerehua (Teremoana Rapley)
18:43 - He Rau Waewae (Hirini Melbourne)
20:04 - Kia Ngawari (He Iti Kahurangi)
22:32 - Te Pū (Tuari Brothers)
25:31 - Ka Hura (Maisey Rika)
31:08 - O-Tāwhao (Taringa crew)
34:11 - Kōrero Māori (Aotearoa)

Friday Jan 06, 2023
Taringa - Waiata Compilation 11 - Summer 2023
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Friday Jan 06, 2023
We hope you're all having a good summer break! Enjoy some more waiata, previously featured in Eps 199 — 209
Track listing;
00:40 - Pēhea te roa (unknown artists)
03:28 - Aio - Ranea (Ranea Aperahama)
07:49 - Riri Kōpūtahi (Ranea Aperahama)
11:22 - Taku Inoi (Maisey Rika)
16:39 - Tāwhirimātea (Ranea Aperahama)
20:55 - Roto Waho (Ranea Aperahama)
24:09 - He Aio (Haami)
26:58 - Kuikui (Ranea Aperahama)
31:04 - He Waiata Mo Te Tai Tokerau (Te Hononga)
34:42 - He aha koe e pātai nei e moko (Mataatua ki Rotorua)

Friday Dec 30, 2022
Taringa - Waiata Compilation 10 - Summer 2023
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Ngā mihi o te tau hōu! For your summer jams, enjoy a selection of waiata previously featured in Eps 185 — 197.
Track listing;
00:40 - Ka Tohe Au (unknown artists)
03:42 - Poi Tipua (Ngā Tūmanako)
07:03 - I Ngā Mokai Kiri E (Annette & Teiria)
09:17 - Nō Reira (Dennis Marsh)
13:06 - Te Hekenga O Maruiwi (Te Kapa Haka o Te Iti Kahurangi)
18:26 - Ruia Ruia (Muriwhenua Kapahaka)
18:55 - Tihei Mauriora (Ranea Aperahama)
22:37 - Te Marae Tapu o Raupī (unknown artists)
25:59 - Harihari Kōrero (He Iti Kahurangi)
29:06 - Kei aro atu koe (Kings)
32:42 - Tāwhirimātea (Maisey Rika)

Friday Dec 16, 2022
Taringa - Ep 269 - Kupu, Kupu, Kupu - Hei tā Tā
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Ka haere a Taringa ki Kahungunu ki ngā taringa huruhuru o te Atua o te Te Reo Māori. Ka whakarangatira a Tā Timoti Karetu i a tātou i āna kōrero mō ōna iho pūmanawa, te āhua o te reo hei ko tāna, me ētahi atu o ōna whakaaro mō ngā kaupapa Māori o te wā.

Friday Nov 04, 2022
Taringa - Ep 263 - Iwi o te Wiki - Te Aitanga a Hauiti
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
In this week's "Iwi O Te Wiki" episode, Dr Wayne Ngata shares kōrero about Te Aitanga a Hauiti

Friday Oct 28, 2022
Taringa - Ep 262 - Once Upon a Taima - Te Pakanga ki Ō-Rākau
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
In honour of our national day of commemoration of the NZ Land Wars, this installment of Once Upon a Taima is a brief version of the battle of Ō-Rākau in 1864. This version is based on the account of Hitiri Te Paerata, a Chief of Ngāti Raukawa & Ngāti te Kohera, who fought in the battle himself - losing many of his whānau, including his Father and Brother.
To read more about Hitiri, go here: http://www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz/document/?wid=2006

Saturday Aug 20, 2022
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
MC Grammar returns to wānanga with us about Pūtohu (complex manner particles) but up another level this time; how to modify them to use in passive structures.

Monday Jun 27, 2022
Taringa - Ep 245 - Special Feature - Matariki - Live From Te Papa
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022

Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Taringa - Ep 236 - Kupu, Kupu, Kupu with MC Grammar - Postposed Particles - pt 3
Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Ka hono mai anō tō tātou ake kaiako a MC Grammar ki te whakataka i ētahi anō kura o ngā kupu pūmuri. Hei tēnei wiki ka matapakihia ngā kupu 'anō' me 'rānei' me ana āheinga katoa. Our very own tutor MC Grammar joins us again to drop some more gems on postposed particles. This week we discuss the words "anō" and 'rānei' and a few of their functions.

Friday Mar 11, 2022
Taringa - Ep 230 - Tikanga 101 - Toi Moko
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Mokomōkai: He aha te mokomōkai he aha i panoni ai tēnei ingoa mō te upoko kua kōhuatia ki te ingoa o Toi Moko? What is mokomōkai? Why was this name for a preserved head changed to Toi Moko? Tamahou Temara joins the Taringa crew to explain this whakaaro and to elaborate on his commitment to the repatriation of the remains of our tūpuna from the far reaches of the globe.

Friday Mar 04, 2022
Taringa - Ep 229 - Ngā Taonga - NZ Polynesian Festival 1981
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
We have another delve back into the archives to bring you some of the items performed at what is now called Matatini, in 1981.
Details of the Ngā Taonga excerpts featured are:
Excerpt 1 (10:11): Kaikōrero: Irirangi Tiakiawa. Haka: Te Arawa E - https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=231727
Excerpt 2 (18:15): Mangatū from Te Tairāwhiti - WHAKAEKE : Taku patu taku patu - https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=226892
Excerpt 3 (30:23): TANIWHARAU from Waikato - POI : Nga ra o Hune (comp. Princess Te Puea. The poi runs into the Whakawatea.) - https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=226910
Excerpt 4 (50:49): Ngāti Rangiwewehi - CHORAL : Te Rina. (lyrics by Tommy Taurima of Ngāti Kahungunu. The duet is sung by Gus and Leah Ratana.) - https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=226898

Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Pūmuri = Postposed particles. Pū Tohu = Manner Particles. Tonu = a manner particle. Intrigued yet? Listen to this ep to find out the many uses of tonu with our in lingustic luminary Jarred Boon aka MC Grammar.

Friday Feb 11, 2022
Taringa - Ep 226 - Tikanga 101 - Onioni
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Mahimahi, ekeeke, onioni. Hei tēnei puni o tā tātou punua pāoho ka matapakihia te kaupapa o te mahi ai hei tā te tirohanga Māori. In this episode we look the act of copulating from a Māori perspective. Kia areare mai ō koutou taringa, kia huakina mai te whare o Hinengaro.