No thrills breakfast
I was at the National Parties post-budget breakfast this morning and was asked what the breakfast was like and I thought I'd show the motu rather than talk about it.
I call it the 'no-thrills post-budget breakfast.'
As journalists, it is our obligation to be objective in all of our reporting. Yesterday I felt so proud to be Māori. Amongst the thousands of people at Aotea Square singing, chanting, giving speeches, and performing haka - It was a sight to behold and a great reminder that if change is to happen it starts with us. As David Letele from Brown Buttabean said:
"What does it feel like to be Māori, it feels good!"
Had to flick the boys some real questions! 😂
Had a great catch-up with L.A.B following the release of their new album.
Not often are we asked our own thoughts or feelings on kaupapa as objectivity is important when it comes to being a good reporter. I was asked what Waitangi day meant to me by the legend Kereama and this is the first thing that came to my mind.
Mare Haimona-Riki Presenting show-reel
Tune in to Te Ao Tapatahi on Whakaata Māori. Monday to Friday at 12pm.
Fourth year as a journalist and still learning every day! I really do enjoy what I do and am grateful for the massive responsibility it is to be in this position and in an industry that some may say is losing its credibility. Nevertheless, I know Whakaata Māori and Te Ao News is tūturu/pono to the kaupapa and to our people.
Let’s smash out the second half of the year with some more yarns!
Wahine shares her journey in reconnecting to te ao Māori through TikTok
With Mahuru Māori underway for 2022, one wahine has decided to share her journey to learning te reo Māori on TikTok - and has received thousands of views and likes on the popular social media platform.
Honey Ellis (Waikato, Tainui, Ngāti Kahungunu) decided to share her journey, where she, her husband and her whānau are enrolled into a reo Māori course, not only for accountability but also to have a bit of fun with content creation.
Mare Haimona-Riki caught up with Honey about her reo journey on Te Tapatahi.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3xfOB5M
Corrella to appear on Waiata Anthems 2022
Mare Haimona-Riki caught up with Māori Roots band Corrella about their new waiata Raumati, which is part of this years Waiata Anthems Album.
Ladi6 embraces te reo with the Māori release of 'Walk Right Up'
Ladi6 is Samoan and one of the most in-demand performers around the Aotearoa music festival stages.
For the first time, Ladi6 will feature in this year's Waiata Anthems with a reo Māori version of her 2008 single Walk Right Up' called Whāia Te Māramatanga.
Mare Haimona-Riki caught up with Ladi6 on Tapatahi earlier this week.
Māori film 'Maumahara' holds tikanga and sense of Māori sacred
Maumahara is a new short film from emerging Māori filmmaker Kaitiaki Rodger (Tainui).
It's based on his childhood, with the film set across one night in south Auckland, following the story of Kauri, a young boy who joins his rugged dad Brendon on his night shift, truck-driving job.
Mare Haimona-Riki caught up with Kaitiaki Rodger on Te Ao Tapatahi
Read more: https://bit.ly/3eJk1es
'It's a lifestyle' - The return of the iconic 1980s hairstyle
“This isn't just a haircut, it's a lifestyle - Some of you aren't cut out for it, some of you get it for one week, and then it's gone."
Mare Haimona-Riki caught up with Jabez Makawe Studio about the return of the mullet.
Melanoma: Check your skin no matter the colour
A skin cancer initiative that could help improve diagnosis in Māori by almost 50 per cent, as well as help reduce high mortality rates, is to expand around the country.
Livey at Media Works
Te Ao Toa presenter Brook Ruscoe shot basketball free throws for 24 hours to raise money for rangatahi and mental health in a partnership with Youth Line. Our reporter Mare Haimona-Riki caught up with Brook at 5:30am this morning during his final three hours of shooting.
Hamilton Māmā reconnects with taha Māori through fermented tea
What started as a method to help her anxiety and depression, has developed into a thriving business for Hamilton-based māmā Amy Tihema. Te Ao Tapatahi reporter Mare Haimona-Riki with the story.
Another day in the life of a journo 😇
Crochet artists creating full-sized woollen wharenui
Auckland based artistic duo Lissy Cole (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahu) and Rudi Robinson (Te Arawa, Ngāti Pāoa ki Tai) have begun working on the first-ever full-sized woollen wharenui.
It's called Wharenui Harikoa, and when it's finished, will stand over four meters tall and seven meters deep.
Te Ao Tapatahi reporter Mare Haimona-Riki with the story.
The Original Wailers have high praise for Kiwi reggae
An absolute honour to catch up with the legend Al Anderson and these incredible musicians.
Full story: https://bit.ly/3AMWYWQ
New member of Starship Foundation Board to bring unique insights
You might not expect to find a barber on the foundation board of a hospital, but Adrian Evans, of Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, and Te Aupōuri, is the newest member of the Starship Foundation board.
Te Ao Tapatahi reporter Mare Haimona-Riki caught up with him from one of his Barbershops in central Auckland.
Ngāti Hauā builds self-isolation units for whānau
Eastern Waikato iwi Ngāti Hauā has set a new bar in iwi response to Covid. Since November last year, it has been building its very own self-isolation units, and now they're ready to be used by whanau within the rohe.
Te Hauora o Ngāti Hauā chief executive Darrin Haimona says this initiative was motivated by the desire to protect their people.
Full article: https://bit.ly/3JQqMoQ
