In this episode we catch up with Tiffany Witehira and Aroha Harris. We talk about the challenges of language learning, the realities of juggling kura with parenting and mahi, we celebrate the achievements and talk about what lies ahead.

NUKU Tōku Reo // TORU

Nov 5th, 2022 49m 35s

In this episode we catch up with Chelsea Winstanley and Leonie Kapea Hayden to discuss our rūmaki reo journey, safe reo speaking places, anxiety about leaving an immersive environment, expectation Vs reality, and our diverse experiences through

NUKU Tōku Reo // RUA

Apr 17th, 2022 1h 1m

In episode two we speak to filmmaker Chelsea Winstanley and Journalist Leonie Hayden about language learning feeling like we're all in kohanga reo, and how that realisation creates safe to fail spaces in the language reclamation journey. We dis

NUKU Tōku Reo // TAHI

Mar 21st, 2022 1h 7m

We speak with Māori Midwife Camille Harris and fragrance developer Tiffany Witehira who are both at the beginning of their year-long total immersion Māori language course. The pair share the stories behind their desire to reclaim te reo, share

//100 Karen Matata

Dec 7th, 2021 1h 31m

Kia ora e te whānau. Today is a very special day, we celebrate NUKU //100! Through this series we have met and interviewed wāhine right across the motu - the matauranga holders, the frontliners, the carers, the whale whisperers, the teachers,

//099 Dr Acushla Dee Sciascia

Nov 29th, 2021 1h 10m

Meet NUKU //099 Dr Acushla Dee Sciascia (Ngāruahine Rangi, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Ātiawa) This incredible wahine is a business woman representing Indigenous perspectives and narratives in research, evaluation and strategy development. Her studies fo

//098 Kurahapainga Te Ua

Nov 23rd, 2021 1h 16m

Kurahapainga (Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) is the founder and artistic director of Hawaiki TŪ, a Māori performance company specialising in kapa haka and haka theatre. She is also a m

//097 Te Raina Atareta Ferris

Nov 15th, 2021 1h 18m

Te Raina (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu, Italy) runs education programmes about Māori culture from her whare wānanga, Kurawaka.Based in Pōrangahau, she teaches wāhine to find their karanga voice, teaching the foundation

//095 Geneva Harrison + //096 Mihi Tibble

Nov 9th, 2021 1h 32m

We have a special double episode for you. NUKU 095 and 096 are Geneva Harrison (Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri) and Mihi Tibble (Ngāti Mākino, Ngāti Whakahemo, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whakaue, Whānau a Hinerupe, Rakairoa, Te W

//094 Dame Hinewehi Mohi

Nov 8th, 2021 1h 11m

Dame Hinewehi Mohi (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe) has been iconic in the development of puoro Māori for the past 30 years.In 1999, she released her Oceania album and made history singing the national anthem in te reo Māori. Today, she is champi

//093 Yvonne Thomas

Nov 2nd, 2021 1h 6m

Yvonne (Ngāpuhi) is a mentor and trustee with Auckland Teaching Gardens Trust. She supports the community with garden plots, gardening courses and supplying kai to food banks.We recorded this interview in her garden in Māngere, surrounded by m

//092 Andria Dafne Pablo Sanchez, Vee'us Xiuh Janiki Yollotlpactli

Nov 1st, 2021 58m 25s

Xiuh, as she likes to go by is of Mexican heritage (Mestiza, Nahua (Mexico)). For years she has worked to revitalise ancient Indigenous practices. Here in Aotearoa she shares temazcal, kinam and tezcatlipoca practices of old central Mexico. She

//091 Erin Matariki Carr

Oct 26th, 2021 1h 9m

Matariki, as she prefers to go by (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe) is the Co-Lead for RIVER (Revitalising Indigenous Values for Earth’s Regeneration) and Co-Manager for the New Zealand Alternative. She is also Project Manager for Te Kaunoti Hikahika (or

//090 Charmeyne Te Nana-Williams

Oct 25th, 2021 1h 2m

Charmeyne Te Nana-Williams (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Toa) is the CEO of What Ever It Takes, an organisation using Māori models of clinical practice for whānau affected by complex disability and traum

//089 Irihapeti Edwards

Oct 12th, 2021 50m 55s

NUKU 089 is Irihapeti Edwards (Ngāti Manawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hikairo, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara, Te Arawa). This incredible young woman works across financial services and global youth leadership.Among a number of accolades, she has b

//088 Tania Page

Oct 5th, 2021 1h 2m

Tania Page (Ngāti Kahu, Ngāi Tahu) is a journalist currently working with TVNZ’s flagship current affairs show, Sunday.Earlier in her career, she was on the team that launched the 24 hour news channel Al Jazeera English.In this episode she sh

//087 Puawai Cairns

Sep 28th, 2021 1h 12m

NUKU 087 is Puawai Cairns of Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Pūkenga whakapapa. Puawai has held a number of roles across her time at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, including as curator.She is currently Te Papa’s Director of A

//086 Julia Arnott-Neenee

Sep 21st, 2021 58m 34s

Julia Arnott-Neenee (Sāmoan, Chinese, British) is the co-founder and director of PeopleForPeople, a youth-led social enterprise on a mission for digital equity.She’s also a strategy and insights specialist with a personal goal to change the st

//085 Mary Brown

Sep 7th, 2021 1h 3m

NUKU 085 is Mary Brown (Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Whātua). Mary is a full-time, stay-at-home māmā of 10 tamariki, all under 15 years old. She is also a champion for financial literacy.In this episode we talk about motherhood and the stereotypes that c

//083 Melony Paikea-Tautalanoa and //084 Manawawharepu Udy

Aug 31st, 2021 1h 18m

We’ve got a double episode for your today with Melony Paikea-Tautalanoa (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Whakaue, Te Arawa) and Manawawharepu Udy (Te Arawa, Mātaatua, Tainui)Mel and Manawa are the founders of Ngahere Communities, a social enterprise champ

//082 Phylesha Brown-Acton

Aug 24th, 2021 1h 22m

NUKU 082 is Phylesha Brown-Acton (Fineone Hakupu, Atua (Niue)Phylesha serves Pasifika Rainbow, LGBTQIA+, MVPFAFF+ peoples and their families. She is the Executive Director of F’INE Pasifika Aotearoa, co-founded with Mama Tere Tahere-Strickland

//081 Deirdre Nehua

Aug 17th, 2021 1h 1m

Deirdre Nehua (Ngātiwai / Ngāti Hao) has spent most of her life working for positive change for ngāi Māori, challenging the racism and inequities thrust upon our communities as a result of colonisation. She is also a writer and poet.From her i

//080 Dr Jenny Lee-Morgan

Aug 10th, 2021 55m 58s

Dr Jenny Lee-Morgan (Waikato, Ngāti Mahuta, Te Ahiwaru, Chinese) is a teacher, author, researcher, māmā and grandmother with Chinese-Māori whakapapa.Jenny has worked as a secondary school teacher and in the community, tertiary and business sec

//079 Renata Watene

Aug 3rd, 2021 57m 59s

Renata Watene (Ngā Puhi, Tainui) is an optometrist, and one of very few Māori in the industry.As the director of her own optometry practice that now boasts two locations in Tāmaki Makaurau, and a member of the Waitematā District Health board,

//078 Ramari Stewart

Jul 20th, 2021 1h 10m

NUKU 078 is Ramari Stewart (Ngāti Awa). She is a renowned tohunga tohorā, based in the small village of Ōkārito in Te Waipounamu.She has had a life-long affinity with whales, having learned mātauranga from an early age with her parents and wid