Kia ora!

Te Arawhata quizzes and the newsletter are mainly written and edited by Lizzie Dunn (Te Whānau a Apanui, Austria, Ireland, England, & Rarotonga).

She’s also helped out a lot by her cuzzy, Grace Anaru (Te Whānau a Apanui, Austria, & Holland) and her mate, Han Craig (Ngā Puhi & England).

I know we should have photos here… they’re on the to do list.

Let’s get things right from the get-go; we’re not cultural experts (in fact, annoyingly, the more we learn about te ao Māori, the more we realise how much we don’t know).

We’re bridge builders - here to CONNECT you with experts - plus all the most mīharo news, events, facts, and kete fillers helping us on our own cultural journeys, so they might help you in yours too.

We’re good at that because we’re the nerdiest of Ngāti Nerds. Our experience working and studying in pretty much every area of the media and under quite a few te reo Māori providers has helped too!

Our number one priority is making everything we publish is super inclusive so that everyone interested in te ao Māori - whether Māori, Pākehā, Tauiwi, or alien from outer space - can engage with it and deepen their connection with the Māori world.

He aha ai/Why? Because we know the joy and sense of belonging it brings and that the more people feeling that, the better for our culture and world as a whole.