My main method of learning tikanga so far has been to follow closely at the heels of someone more knowledgeable than myself and basically copy them. However, somewhere along the line I always seem to miss a cue.…

Whether in politics, business, social services, or your local kura, it feels like there are more opinions out there than ever about the right way for Māori, Tangata Tiriti, and Aotearoa to move forward…

The Mike McRoberts smiling at me from a zoom tab has clearly been on a haerenga/journey.

I knew him before, see. Well that’s a bit of a stretch, but I did used to spend hours every wiki watching him turn ‘on’ and ‘off’ to camera from a kokonga pōuri/dark corner of the TV3 studio…

Featuring my (fairly horrific) hapa/mistake leading a waiata tautoko recently. Prepare yourself for second-hand awkwardness e te whānau, but sharing’s caring/helping you to NEVER do the same thing, nē?