Taringa Podcast

Covering Macrons, Pao, Karanga and a classic mis-heard lyric - we bring you another dose of answers to your questions.

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We look at behaviour and courtesies around the digital world - things to consider with the use of technology, social media and online platforms.

Taking a trip back through the ages, we tour through the Ngā Taonga archives and listen to some different types of famous Haka that were performed at significant moments, and have a kōrero about their importance at the time, and influence they have on the Haka we see today.

Rawiri Waititi is our kaikōrero on this hōtaka - joining us by phone to chat about the history, the area and the people of this large East Coast Iwi.

'Tūkapi Puriro' or 'Posessive Pronouns' - tāku, āku, tāu, āu etc - our hosts drill many examples of how ownerhsip structure works in Te Reo Māori.

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Hawaiki - the ancestral home of Māori and peoples of Te Moana Nui a Kiwa (islands of the pacific triangle). Where is it, why did they leave it and how? These are some of the questions we touch on in this kōrerorero.

We're back in Story mode, with this epic tale about Hātūpātū and the Kurangaituku, the Birdwoman.

Ngarimu calls in to kōrero about his Iwi from the East Cape and Gisborne regions - Ngāti Porou.

We're back with some more answers for several new audience questions - new dialects, formal and informal kōrero, taea vs ahei and ngā momo kaupare - all sprinkled with our usual tangents and anecdotes along the way.

With Paraone in Mahuru Māori mode, we have a very knowledgable special Reo speaking guest, Whakarongotai Hohepa, join us to talk about the ever confusing yet vitally important use of 'ā' and ʻō'.

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This kōrerorero covers practices, customs and beliefs about hair.

The first of our new kaupapa! We bring you some famous audio excerpts from Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision, and our hosts kōrero about them. Here, we feature some major events in the 1970s - the Te Reo Māori language petition, Dame Awhina Cooper's land march, and the Māori land occupation at Bastion Point.

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References:

https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/44607/te-reo-maori-petition-1972

https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=228497

https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=226152

Ngāti Wairere historian and carver Wiremu Puke phones in to talk to us about his Iwi. We kōrero around the whakapapa, and find out some interesting facts about Hamilton place names along the way.

Our first RRR kōrero covers the functions of negating with "kāore aku", applying possesives like "māu/mōu, nōku/ōku, nāku/āku" etc, along with "a vs ā" and "ā and ō" category differentiations. Along the way we unpack the kupu and give examples of how they can and should be used in Te Reo Māori.

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Ngānehu Turner phones in to kōrero about Māori food - the forgotten delicacies, traditions and some of her favourites.