Taringa Podcast

We have a look back at some snippets of our older Iwi episodes to stir the barrel of mātauranga and prompt your curiosity. We look at eps 137, 178 & 192. If you haven't listened to these eps already - then go back and do so, there is gold in them hills!

Kei...ana = Whilst. Ka...ana = Whenever. Kia...ana = to be left as is. Are you intrigued or confused yet? Jarred Boon AKA MC Grammar will be dorpping bars on these constructs giving us more way's to express ourselves in everyday te reo Māori contexts. Kia areare mai nei e tai mā.

Mokomōkai: He aha te mokomōkai he aha i panoni ai tēnei ingoa mō te upoko kua kōhuatia ki te ingoa o Toi Moko? What is mokomōkai? Why was this name for a preserved head changed to Toi Moko? Tamahou Temara joins the Taringa crew to explain this whakaaro and to elaborate on his commitment to the repatriation of the remains of our tūpuna from the far reaches of the globe.

We have another delve back into the archives to bring you some of the items performed at what is now called Matatini, in 1981.

Details of the Ngā Taonga excerpts featured are:

Excerpt 1 (10:11): Kaikōrero: Irirangi Tiakiawa. Haka: Te Arawa E - https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=231727

Excerpt 2 (18:15): Mangatū from Te Tairāwhiti - WHAKAEKE : Taku patu taku patu - https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=226892

Excerpt 3 (30:23): TANIWHARAU from Waikato - POI : Nga ra o Hune (comp. Princess Te Puea. The poi runs into the Whakawatea.) -  https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=226910

Excerpt 4 (50:49): Ngāti Rangiwewehi - CHORAL : Te Rina. (lyrics by Tommy Taurima of Ngāti Kahungunu. The duet is sung by Gus and Leah Ratana.) - https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=226898

Whatahoro Fox joins us to speak about his Iwi from South Waiarapa.

Mahimahi, ekeeke, onioni. Hei tēnei puni o tā tātou punua pāoho ka matapakihia te kaupapa o te mahi ai hei tā te tirohanga Māori. In this episode we look the act of copulating from a Māori perspective. Kia areare mai ō koutou taringa, kia huakina mai te whare o Hinengaro.

Ka hono mai a Dayle Takitimu ki te whakaputa atu i ōna whakaaro mō te ture me te tiriti me etahi atu kōrero hei te tirohanga o tēnei roia. Kia areare mai hoki ō taringa ki te kīwaha e whakahuatia ana te pono me te whenua. Dayle Takitimu joins us to express her thoughts on law and the treaty along with other views. Also keep an ear out for the idiom that conveys truth stemming from the earth. Taringa hī! Taringa hā!!

He ahe koe i kore ai e kai? He aha ia e kore nei e kai? He aha au e kore ai e kai? Hei tukatuka ake anō i te tau hōu mahi ka kotahi atu tātou ki te Kupu Kupu Kupu me tō tātou mātanga reo ara ko Jared Boon me kī ko Mc Grammar. Ka āta matapakihia e mātou ngā rerenga kua whakahuatia ake i mua nā. Why didn't you eat? Why isn't he eating? Why won't I eat? To kickoff the working year we head straight into Kupu Kupu Kupu with linguistic expert Jarred Boon, AKA "MC Grammar",  taking a close look at the aforementioned structures.

To help break up those back-to-work blues, we have some more music for you to sing along to, waiata previously featured in Eps 171 — 184.  Taringa will be back with our regular kōrerorero next week. 

Track Listing;

00:42 - Nōhea (Rei, Tyna)

04:01 - Te Reo o te Ngākau (unknown artists)

06:41 - Tohora nui (unknown artists)

07:43 - Raumati (Pere Wihongi)

11:06 - A-ha-ka-ma (Te Ara Reo Māori - Pānia Papa & friends)

11:57 - Nei Te Tiriti (Ruia Aperehama)

15:40 - Maranga mai Pikiao (unknown artists)

18:26 - Motai - Ara Re (Mōtai Tangata Rau)

21:42 - Taku Whare Tapere (Ngā Tūmanako)

24:26 - He Aha Ai (Te Ara Reo Māori - Pānia Papa & friends)

27:46 - Katarina (Ngā Tūmanako)

31:56 - Kapakapa Mai Te Manawa (Te Ara Reo Māori - Pānia Papa & friends)

35:44 - Kia mau ki tō ūkaipō (Six60)

We hope you're all having a good summer break! Enjoy some more waiata, previously featured in Eps 157 — 168

Track Listing:

00:42 - Oriori Tekau mā waru (Ngā Tūmanako)

04:48 - Kei Moumou (Ngā Tūmanako)

07:47 - He Rangi ataahua (Te Reo Takiwa Dunn)

11:29 - Medley: Tōia Mai, Maringi ngā roimata (Ngā tamariki wāhine o te kura o Te Waipounamu, 1977)

15:38 - Mahuru (Earth wind and fire remake for Mahuru Māori)

19:22 - Pōhutukawa (Maisey Rika)

24:51 - He Oriori Mōhau (Ngā Tūmanako)

28:35 - E Rere te Manu (Mel Davis)

32:42 - Ka Titiro (unknown artists)

34:44 - Tangihia (Te Kapa Haka o Te Iti Kahurangi)

38:31 - I waenganui pū harakeke (Koea Kaka and friends)

42:00 - Ngā Tūmanako (Ngā Tūmanako)

In our last episode for what has been rather strange and challenging year, we talk about the shifting Tikanga around Christmas, and have a look back at some of our favourite moments from the year.

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and the entire Taringa crew would like to thank everyone for their support, and wish everyone a very safe and happy festive season.

We give examples of some errors that can happen when writing or reciting karakia, and incorrect tikanga practices around the building & opening of Whare. We then discuss the effects that these mistakes can have on the intentions of important kaupapa.

It's a real mixed bag in this ep as we answer a reo question about the use of "mo" and "kimi", offer some thoughts on tikanga around whānuangatanga in the current covid climate, and we also discuss Taniwhā gender - inspired by Story the from Ep 218.

Diving back into the precious ‘Ngā Taonga’ archives, this time we are at the NZ Polynesian Festival in Lower Hutt in February, 1979.

Listen along as we kōrero in depth about a few of the items that were performed at the event.

Featuring the traditional story which was turned into an award winning childrens book, we are fortunate to have author Ben Ngaia join us to speak about the significance of this story and his work writing the book. Check out our facebook page for a Ngake me Whātaitai book give away, or purchase it from here: https://huia.co.nz/huia-bookshop/bookshop/ngake-me-whataitai/