Owning the image

There is an exhibition of photographs on display at the Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts at Waikato University which opened on  June 30and will close November 7. Titled ‘Ki te kapu o taku ringa’ the…

Interestingly, the recent expulsion of the members of Te Pāti Māori from parliament for a period of time appears partly to be a result of their performing a haka in the house.  It raises questions…

I very much enjoyed graduation at the University of Waikato on April 8 where Te Haumihiata Mason was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate. This is the most prestigious honour a university can offer to a…

Tēnei te Pō! Tēnei te Pō! Tēnei te Pō! Te Pō-uriuri, te Pō-tangotango, te Pō-i-oti-atu. This is the Night, this is the Night, this is the Night! The darkest Night, the deepest Night, the Night…

I wonder how many of us applied for annual leave on the Friday, taking advantage of the Waitangi holiday to turn it into a long Waitangi Weekend. I suggest that if we’re honest, that will…

We have farewelled 2024, its ups and its downs. We bid a warm welcome to 2025 and its potentials. Many, if not most, of us assert a faith and a positivity in our being a…

Te marama ahunuku; Te marama ahurangi; Te marama ka takoto i te hau o Tū – Te taueke; te marere kura; te marere pae. Tēnā te whaitua nui, Ka pū te taha wānanga, He āpiti…

Tēnā te whaitua nui, Ka pū te taha wānanga, Ha āpiti nuku, he āpiti rangi, Ha whakaotinga aroha ki a koe, Kīngi Tūheitia, Kīngi o Te Kotahitanga. I write this as we are in the…

I was privileged to offer a Tikanga Māori blessing for the opening of the new hospice shop on the corner of Te Rahu and Cambridge Roads. I explained to those gathered that the karakia I…

Tarapipipi Te Waharoa was born in 1805 into a world where the principle of utu was first and foremost in how his people lived.  I should note here that the most well-known consequence of utu…