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10/06/2025

09/06/2025

🎶 Teiva Viaris – an award-winning Polynesian composer and multi-instrumentalist – is spreading his wings across the Pacific, reaching Aotearoa with his debut solo single ‘Hī Rau E’, composed and performed entirely in his native Tahitian tongue 🌺🌊

🎧 Listen to Manahi’s interview with Teiva, where they dive into the kaupapa behind the waiata and explore the deep connections between Māori and Ma'ohi cultures and languages 🤝✨

Tū Mai Te Wehiwehi

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06/06/2025

Māori Land Leader Enters Bay of Plenty Elections – But Is He Ready for the Right-Wing Backlash? -
A powerful Māori businessman and trustee with deep ties from Ōpōtiki to Te Whānau A Apanui to Ngāti Pōrou is throwing his name in the hat for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council elections 🔥 But with well-funded anti-Māori groups circling, the battle ahead won’t be easy.

He’s calling on rangatahi to rise up, register on the Māori roll, and make their voices count in 2025 🗳️

Can he weather the political storm and flip the script?
🎧 Whakarongo mai e te iwi – this is one you don’t want to miss!

Māori Land Leader Enters Bay of Plenty Elections – But Is He Ready for the Right-Wing Backlash?

06/06/2025

Silence is Not an Option: Iwi Launch People’s Plan to Take Down Racism in Aotearoa Exclusive: Tina Ngata Joins the Frontline Against Political neglect
Racism in Aotearoa is intensifying — from harmful government policies to Māori performers being mocked — but iwi leaders are fighting back with the launch of PAPARA, a powerful new anti-racism platform at www.papara.co.nz. As the government retreats, voices like Tina Ngata and the Maranga Mai working group are stepping up to challenge political neglect, protect Te Tiriti, and call on all of us to join the resistance — whakarongo mai!

- https://whr.nz/p.Nyg

Silence is Not an Option: Iwi Launch People’s Plan to Take Down Racism in Aotearoa Exclusive: Tina Ngata Joins the Frontline Aga

06/06/2025

🌟 MATARIKI MĀ PUANGA 2025 🌟

Puanga is the star that kicks off the year for some iwi, and this year’s theme — Matariki mā Puanga — is shining a bright light on communities who observe Puanga astronomical traditions ✨🌌

🔥 The 2025 hautapu ceremony (broadcast nationwide!) will be held at the base of Koro Ruapehu, hosted by Ngāti Rangi 🏔️

This is our whenua, our rangi, our story to tell.
🌠 Mānawatia a Matariki mā Puanga! 💫



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05/06/2025

Kia ora tātou,

🔥 He tukinga nui kei te haere! 🔥
Kei Helston Park te E Tū Whānau Footy Show hai te rāhoroi — Johnsonville rāua ko Petone e tuki ana i tētahi pakanga ka whakakōhure i te tēpu whakataetae 🏉💥
🎙️ Ka pāoho atu i te 2pm — ngā matapae, ngā kōrero, me ngā kaupapa whutupaoro katoa.
Ka tīmata te kēmu: 2:45pm
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Kaua e rangona noa — me ruku atu! 💪🏽📡


🔥 Top 8 showdown incoming! 🔥
The E Tū Whānau Footy Show is pulling up to Helston Park as Johnsonville take on Petone in a clash that could shake up the ladder 🏉💥
🎙️ Live from 2pm — all the previews, all the action, all the kōrero.
Kick-off: 2:45pm
📻 1161AM | 87.6FM | iHeart Radio | Whare Kōrero | www.teupoko.nz
Don’t just hear about it — be in it! 💪🏽📡

05/06/2025

He kōrero mō Matariki mā Puanga me te mātahi o te tau nā te rangatira, nā te tohunga i ngā kōrero o ngā whetū a Dr Rangi Mātaamua.

🌟 THC aka The Haati Coastie linked up with Matariki expert Dr Rangi Mātaamua for a kōrero about Matariki, Puanga, and everything in between!

Hardcase interview, deep whakaaro — you don’t wanna miss this one. 🔥

Whakarongo mai! 🎧✨

The Matariki & Puanga Kōrero That’ll Change How You See the Stars! 🌟🔭🔥

05/06/2025

🔥 Kua hoki mai anō a Ladies of Hip Hop Aotearoa mō te tau 2025!
After making 'HERSTORY' in 2024, this wāhine-led movement returns even bigger and bolder 💃🏽🎤🎧

Two epic days of dance, DJs, MCs, kōrero, art + pure energy ⚡️Wāhine toa from Aotearoa and the Pacific bringing the heat to Tāmaki Makaurau this weekend!🔥

Te Upoko breakfast host Te Hāmua Nikora got all the kōrero about this massive kaupapa from Rina Chae herself 🎙️💬

More than a festival — it's a vibe, a legacy, a mic passed between generations 🎙️✨

Te Hā o Te Ata

https://whr.nz/p.Nwp

01/06/2025

Ko tā te ngākau kōrero he aroha, anō te kai a te rangatira 💖

Ko te waiata te waka hei kawe i ērā kōrero 🎶

Ko "Ko wai ka hua" he waiata ka whakatīnana i te kakawetanga o te aroha, te whāngai i te kairangatira ki te ngākau whaiaipō 🌟✨