http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.nukuwomen.co.nz en-us Sat, 02 May 2026 03:24:59 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/post/137120/100-karen-matata-educator--marae-champion--mama/ Kia ora e te whānau. Today is a very special day, because 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, the researchers, the ahi kaa, the boundary pushers, the leaders, the workers, the innovators, the motivators, wāhine who are empowering across generations by being unapologetically themselves.NUKU //100 holds a special place in my heart. It is m... Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/#post137120 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/post/137119/099-dr-acushla-dee-sciascia-matauranga-researcher/ Meet NUKU //099 Dr Acushla Dee Sciascia (Ngāruahine Rangi, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Ātiawa)She is a business woman representing Indigenous perspectives and narratives in research, evaluation and strategy development. Her studies found her researching digital tangihanga long before Covid-19 had arrived, exploring how tikanga in te ao Māori is changing with modern times.In this episode we talk about her mahi and explore the inter-generational kōrero around tikanga, today.... Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/#post137119 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/post/137118/098-kurahapainga-te-ua-kapa-haka-performer/ 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 member of the renowned Te Waka Huia kapa haka roopu.In this episode NUKU //098 talks to us about the foundation of haka theatre, she shares her experiences growing up as a child of a gang member and tells us about the realities of trialing for... Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/#post137118 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/post/137117/097-te-raina-atareta-ferris-karanga-specialist--kaiako/ 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 foundations of karanga and the mātauranga of mana wāhine, mana atua and mana motuhake. In this episode we kōrero about kurawaka, kapa haka and karanga, and get completely immersed in the stories of this wonderful whaea. ... Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/#post137117 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/post/137116/095-geneva-harrison-and--096-mihi-tibble-founders-of-tuhi-stationery--maramataka-practitioners/ We have a special double episode for you, 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 Whānau a Karuwai, Te Aitanga a Mate).The friends are the founders of Tuhi Stationery.  They create notebooks, diaries, maramataka resources and other stationery products inspired by Māori language, culture, environment and values. They also have a Sāmoan r... Tue, 09 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/#post137116 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/post/137115/094-dame-hinewehi-mohi-champion-of-waiata-maori/ 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 championing a bilingual music industry for Aotearoa. In this episode we talk about her passion for te reo Māori, she shares the story of Raukatauri Music Therapy Centres inspired by her daughter, Hineraukatauri. And, she tells us a... Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/#post137115 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/post/137114/093-yvonne-thomas-mentor-at-auckland-teaching-gardens-trust/ 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 manu and the local community tending to their plots. In this episode she talks to us about her upbringing and how society has changed over her lifetime. She shares the importance of growing a garden, not only for sustainability and kai purp... Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/#post137114 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/post/137113/092-andria-dafne-pablo-sanchez-veeus-xiuh-janiki-yollotlpactli-revitaliser-of-mexican-matauranga/ 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 is also a wisdom keeper of ancient Toltec traditions.⁠In this episode Xiuh talks to us about the colonisation of Mexico and she shares how connecting with wāhine Māori challenged and inspired her to refocus her mahi on strengthening Indigenous cultura... Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/#post137113 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/post/137112/091-erin-matariki-carr-kaitiaki/ 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 E Hika!), a constitutional reformation project rolling out across Aotearoa.Based in Tāneatua this phenomenal wahine spends her time supporting both people, and planet, to thrive.In this episode we talk about connecting the global Indigenous communit... Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/#post137112 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/post/137111/090-charmeyne-te-nana-williams-what-ever-it-takes-ceo/ 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 trauma, as a result of an acquired serious injury.She came into this mahi through her own experience in finding support for her husband who, following a boxing injury, became affected by disability and trauma.In this episode Charmeyne talks to us ab... Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.nukuwomen.co.nz/blog/#post137111