Taringa Podcast

A kaimahi of Ngā Taonga sound and vision talks with us about the importance of archiving, the inner workings of looking after the content, and also shares a few of her own favourites with us too.

Original archive sources:

1) Excerpts from a speech by Te Ouenuku Rene to members of Parliament at the presentation of the Māori language petition.

https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=229891

2) Katerina Mataira speaking about kōhanga reo.

https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=229750

3) Paraone at Ngā Manukōrero 1997.

https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=805697

4) (Waiata o te wiki) Ngā tamariki wāhine o te kura o Te Waipounamu. 

https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=227732

E ao te kōrero mō tēnei iwi o te wiki. A progeny of Te Rarawa whakapapa and a prodigy of Te Rarawa wānanga. Raniera Mcgrath presents a glimpse into the history of Te Rarawa and its people. Kua whakawerahia hoki te kaupapa o Mahuru Māori nō reira ka kōrero tō hoa i roto i tōna reo ūkaipō. E tai mā, e hika mā e mara mā - whakarongo mai.

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Everyday pātai in everyday reo. Looking at ways to ask some everyday questions, we cover words and intonation for asking past and present times, cups of tea, table manners, travel plans, greetings and more.

We share our thoughts on the "huruhuru" debate, talk in depth about how to learn about Whakapono Māori and what it means to you.

Inspired while picking pūhā with his Moko - Koro is tells the 3rd kōrero of Tāwhaki, where his Taokete try to execute a devious and brutal plan against him. Te Waiata o te wiki is 'He Raruraru', by Pānia Papa, sourced from the Wairere CD's produced by Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

Our kaikōrero Anameka Paenga joins us from Ōpōtiki and talks with us about the eastern bay of plenty iwi named after a Tupuna Wāhine - Muriwai.

Original source for the waiata o te wiki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmeJGAECGsg

Revered full time Te Reo lecturer from AUT and author Hemi Kelly joins Paraone and Snow to go through some of the examples of useful phrases from his book "A Māori Phrase a day". You can purchase his book here: https://www.penguin.co.nz/books/a-maori-phrase-a-day-9780143773412

Delving into questions about time - mua and muri, te ingoa Māori o Australia, being an isolated reo speaker and some ideas around Māori business conduct.

In this two-part Matariki special, we reflect on the recent revitalisation of tikanga Matariki, and look at how the umu kohukohu whetū used to be conducted in a traditional way, then at Paraone's house, we give examples of how anyone can do their own hautapu ceremony using what you have at home.

Click HERE to get the Matariki handbook with karakia you can use for your own ceremony.

This episode was filmed and released on Māori TV in 2 episodical parts - to watch the episodes go here:

Part 1 - Matariki Revitalisation

Part 2 - Matariki Hautapu at home

Come with us as we dig deep in the archives of Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision to listen to some sound clips of te tānga o te kawa o te whare (tapu removing ceremony of a whare). Our hosts look at some of the intricacies of this ritual and shed light on some of it's aspects and practices.

Rauru Broughton - a descendant named after the eponymous ancestor of his iwi (Ngā Rauru), phones in to talk to us about the namesake, area, stories and the tikanga.

This week's kīwaha is "ōna kurakura" (what rubbish! dislike towards someone or what they said)

Original source for the Waiata is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRwBL5kQP9U

Back in the studio, we bring you the engaging story of Putauaki and Tarawera - a fable of a meandering course of love, and the breaking points of two Maunga.

Heeni Brown brings us some interesting Tipuna stories and wonderful Iwi dialect from the far North.

Reo learners and geeks take note. We look at double vowel vs macronisation of compound words, the use of some common kupu like 'Arā', 'Otirā' and Īna/Inā, and discuss a few other common perplexities in the use of Te Reo.

This episode's kīwaha is "Inē" = surprise reaction - is that right!?