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Want to increase your knowledge of te ao Māori (the Māori world)? With a mixture of Māori and English, the Taringa podcast is the perfect way to learn te reo and tikanga Māori in a fun and relaxed way. Taringa is brought to you by Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary education providers. We offer a comprehensive range of qualifications to New Zealanders from all walks of life.
Episodes
Feb 27, 2026
Feb 27, 2026
47 min
Before the questions are answered in this ep - we have a bonus wānanga on what makes a question a question and the different kinds of questions that are used in reo Māori. Other pātai prompts from listeners spark wānanga about Māori commerce, Polynesian grouping and tikanga around fishing.
Feb 13, 2026
Feb 13, 2026
48 min
The Taringa trio discuss the use of the term “me ... (insert word here)... ai koe”, dissecting the definition and applying it in different contexts. We also have another beautiful waiata by Tuari Brothers.
Jan 16, 2026
Jan 16, 2026
30 min
More summer jams - featuring our 'Waiata o te Wiki' tracks from Eps 233 — 240. Enjoy!
Track Listing;
00:00 - Taringa Are Are - Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (feat Big Hā & Annette Tūnoho)
03:00 - Ki ngā Taitamariki - Te Reotakiwa Dunn
05:33 - Whakarongo - Warren Maxwell
10:55 - Wairua Tapu - Te Reotakiwa Dunn
13:48 - He Putiputi Pai - Joe Mac
16:39 - Mīhini Ātea - Te Roopu Manutaki (ATMPAS - 1983)
19:32 - Haruru mai - Aotearoa
22:31 - Haruru ana - Aotearoa
25:13 - Rangiātea - Ranea Aperahama
Dec 19, 2025
Dec 19, 2025
1 hr 55 sec
This episode features part one of the story "Witches", from the Pahi Kēhua series. This story inspires a spooky wānanga about urban legends, wairua, kēhua and how legends shape our understanding of history, with many spooky anecdotes along the way. To Listen to the second part of the Witches Story, go here
Nov 22, 2024
Nov 22, 2024
58 min
Kia ora e te iwi! In today’s episode of Taringa, we dive into Take, Utu, Ea, exploring how tikanga guides our relationships and balances through koha, reciprocity, and clearing hara. We discuss the importance of being prepared with waiata, how using phones on the pae can be misunderstood, and the different ways Māori and Pākehā value exchanges. Our kōrero touches on the deeper meanings of respect, responsibility, and how tikanga shapes our daily lives.
Nov 13, 2024
Nov 13, 2024
59 min
Toitū te reo Māori, toitū te mana motuhake, toitū a Taringa. I tēnei puninga hirahira ka manaaki a Taringa i te karanga o Toitū te Reo ki Heretaunga ki Ngāti Kahungunu. Ka wānangahia e te tokotoru o Taringa ngā tini kōrero pēnei i ēnei Ngā ōhākī ki te ao Māori. Ngā mea me mōhio e te tangata kia kīia ai he mātanga reo ia. Moumou te toto Māori - mā wai tō toto Māori e whakawā.
Nov 1, 2024
Nov 1, 2024
1 hr 5 min
Oct 18, 2024
Oct 18, 2024
41 min
Aug 30, 2024
Aug 30, 2024
55 min
This episode is brought to you live from Ako Ararau, Māori Expo. MC Grammar leads us off with some of his usual grammar mastery, and then the crowd are invited to ask a few pātai. Whakarongo mai!
Aug 16, 2024
Aug 16, 2024
1 hr 4 min
The conversation continues with Rob Ruha. Rob shares his experience as a creative, and finishes up with a short waiata, a capella.
Jul 19, 2024
Jul 19, 2024
59 min
Tuarihia ki runga, tuarihia ki raro, tuarihia te rongo o ngā waiata, o ngā kura o te whānau Tuari. This week we are honoured to host the Tuari brothers and their infamous sister, boss, māngai Ani Piki Tuari. A whānau spoilt with a wealth of musical talent, haka experience and te ao Māori tirohanga. They share with us their views of stage from musicals, haka and song recording.
Jun 28, 2024
Jun 28, 2024
35 min
For the second time in Taringa history, we have an entire episode dedicated to Kīwaha. Check out this collection of snippets from episodes 67, through to episode 81, focusing on Māori colloquialism, or as Erica would say, "a funner way of saying something".
Jun 21, 2024
Jun 21, 2024
54 min
In this episode, our hosts listen to snippets of an interview from 1978 with the famous (or infamous) Whaia McClutchie. Whaia speaks about a range of topics, mainly to do with the role of women on the Marae.
Jun 14, 2024
Jun 14, 2024
50 min
This week, our hosts look at some tikanga pertaining to flags and the meaning that has been imbued into them as iwi, hapū and marae.
May 31, 2024
May 31, 2024
47 min
Patapatai. We at Taringa don’t answer your questions – we wānanga on them! Our latest instalment of patapatai has us in wānanga about whakaahua in the home, the use of English words in Māori sentences, types of karakia for kai and more. Whakarongo mai.
