Te Anga

08/07/2022

Crafting newsworthy stories that resonate. Tau Hona shares her son's deadly dance with measles.

08/07/2022

Content with a Māori mindset. Ngahia shares how she battled to save her daughter's life.

08/07/2022

Proud to craft Auntie Hera White's hauora story. She felt embarrassed that she couldn't remember the last time she caught a common cold. He iho pūmanwa ki a tātou katoa. E rere ana āku mihi ki a Ngā Miro rāua ko Waikato-Tainui.

30/11/2021

Spent the day working with Brett Phibbs, one of the countries professional photographers, shooting a campaign we are working on. And he took this shot of me as I was setting up for the next interview. Cheers, Brett.

29/10/2021

This was always going to happen. Te Matatini postponed to 2023

TE MATATINI HERENGA WAKA HERENGA TANGATA NATIONAL KAPA HAKA FESTIVAL 2022
FRIDAY 29 OCTOBER 2021

MEDIA RELEASE

Te Matatini event organisers have made a decision on the future of the 2022 Te Matatini Herenga Waka Herenga Tangata National Kapa Haka Festival.

After much deliberation, specialist advice from Māori health experts and statisticians relating to the current climate of COVID-19 in Aotearoa, Te Matatini has made the collective decision to postpone Te Matatini Herenga Waka Herenga Tangata National Kapa Haka Festival until February 2023.

The festival will remain at Eden Park (Ngā Ana Wai) in Tāmaki Makaurau and all qualifying Kapa Haka and judges will remain the same as they currently stand.

“Tiakina te whakapapa, tiakina hoki te Kapa Haka are paramount and have been at the forefront of all considerations and conversations for the Te Matatini Festival organising committee," says Carl Ross, Chief Executive of Te Matatini.

“We know that many whānau will be disappointed that the festival will not go ahead in 2022 as planned. Many plans were put in place and sacrifices made by all our Kapa Haka that will have to be moved.”

“But as we know, protecting whānau is our number one priority, and the DELTA variant of COVID-19 poses a real threat to our people and that is why we are encouraging whānau to get vaccinated.”

“The new COVID-19 protection framework means that all large scale indoor/outdoor events will require vaccination certificates for all participants to attend.”

“We want to applaud our Māori health providers, doctors and nurses for all their continued efforts and hard work over the past 19 months to protect our whānau Māori and assisting with the vaccination rollout.” says Chairman, Selwyn Parata.

ENDS.

https://tematatini.co.nz/media-release-te-matatini-national-kapa-haka-festival-2022/

12/09/2021

It was a privilege to work with Kershaw Training and produce a social media campaign to promote a Māori business that has made a significant difference in hundreds of students lives over the past 33 years. We honour the founder's Tom and Lil Kershaw, and wish their tamariki and mokopuna all the best, continuing the legacy for the next 33 years. http://kershawtraining.co.nz/

23/07/2021

A Covid-19 communications campaign titled 'Let's Give Covid-19 The Boot' was itself given the boot after the Race Relations office got wind of it today.
It was wrong on many levels.
1, They created a cartoon image of a bolding Pākehā man in his orange rugby gear kicking the rugby ball-shaped coronavirus cartoon with a Mataora, full face Māori tattoo to touch.
2, The second image featured three angry Māori coronavirus cartoon characters doing the pukana and poking out their tongues.
3, The third is a real dropkick – They create an image of a health worker in full PPE gear stabbing the Māori coronavirus character in the head with a tewhatewha (WTF).
The Covid-19 information leaflet was issued by the Bay of Plenty District Health Board and its public health arm, Toi Te Ora Tauranga, and quickly retracted.
Earlier this week, the Waikato Times had a printing meltdown when the headline on their front page feature read 'Ass Vaccination Centre Opens' when it should have read 'Mass Vaccination Centre Opens.'
This only adds fuel to the fire of miscommunication and misconceptions about COVID-19 vaccines.
I'm fortunate to have received Pfizer injections, one at Manurewa Marae and the other at Tūrangawaewae Marae.
I believe the vaccine will protect my whānau and you.
I want to travel to Te Kao, Rangitukia and Rarotonga and other parts of the world when borders open and know that I will not infect people there.
I've been helping Manurewa Marae promote their marae-based Covid-19 vaccination centre since April; they have done a sterling job vaccinating more than 22,000 people since April. They've opened their doors to other marae-based providers to help them build confidence and competence.
I've seen several Covid-19 campaigns on television and online over the past few months like 'Karawhiua', and 'Ka Kite Covid' yet Māori are still hesitant, with less than 10 per cent of Māori nationwide vaccinated.
The latest Covid Campaign on our TV screens, Mānawatia a Matariki, which features Dr Rangi Matamua, is top-notch and calls on us to unite in our fight against Covid-19. But for some reason, Māori appear divided about vaccinating.
I'm pulling together a social media campaign to encourage Māori to get vaccinated. "Let's kick Covid" was one of my ideas, but the ex*****on would have been a lot different from the one that has been booted to touch. I'm keen to hear your ideas.
I know many people are over Covid, but unfortunately, it's not going to be over any time soon. We only need to look across the ditch to see the daily increase in numbers of those infected by Covid-19 in New South Wales, reaching more than 100 community cases per day. Further across the Pacific, Covid-19 is rampant in Fiji, with more than 20,000 cases and 161 dead.
I applaud Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who is steering our country through the piki and heke of this global pandemic, and our Māori ministers who have ensured our kaumātua are prioritised.
Māori can get vaccinated at a range of places, from the local mall to our marae.
They've done their part. All we need to do is ours.

21/07/2021

A bad day on the subeditor's bench. Ass Vaccination Centre Opens or Mass Vaccination Centre Opens - Waikato Times.

17/07/2021

Proud to be working with Manurewa Marae who was the first marae to set up a Covid-19 Vaccination Centre. Three months later they have vaccinated more than 20K people in a holistic Māori environment. Let's see what they will get to by Christmas.

Since we turned our meeting house into a Covid-19 Vaccination centre in April we've vaccinated more than 20,772 people. Thanks for trusting us to provide your vaccination. if you were vaccinated with us - tell us how we did.

08/07/2021

Spent the day with the NZME executive at Manurewa Marae, sharing with them the mahi that the marae does for the community as well as talking about diversifying their newsrooms at both a reporting and executive level. Caught up with a few old friends Scott Inglis who is the editor of the Rotorua Daily Post and Tauranga papers and former TV3 reporter Hamish Clark who is head of news for NZME in South Island, and Shayne Currie NZME managing editor.

04/07/2021

Am amazing talent, sings a waiata for the PM Jacinda Adern.

04/07/2021

Check out what Erita Thompson got up to during lockdown in Auckland and what she learned about the Corona virus pandemic.

02/07/2021

Courage Over Covid is a series of six videos highlighting Māori who went beyond the call of duty to protect their communities during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. The video series was produced for Counties Manukau District Health Board. Paris Daley shares her story.

02/07/2021

Hei Āhuru Mōwai Māori Cancer Leadership advocacy group is calling for the establishment of a national Liver Ora programme to help Māori whānau.

) A national liver programme for Māori is urgently needed, according to a national group of Māori cancer specialists. Hei Ahuru Mōwai, Māori Cancer...

22/04/2021

teanga, logo animated!

05/04/2021