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Historians launch special edition journal to support Māori history taught in schools
24 March 2023
Te Pouhere Kōrero 10 is authored by a collective of established Māori historians who will speak at National Library of New Zealand, in Wellington on March 28.
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Review site a boost for Aotearoa books and writers
24 March 2023
Aotearoa New Zealand fiction, non-fiction and poetry is getting a boost with a new site devoted to reviews, launched with seed funding from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Auckland.
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The insidious politics of mental illness
24 March 2023
Questioning the mental health system and labels given to various conditions by psychiatrists is the focus of a special issue of New Zealand Sociology.
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Leading Waipapa Taumata Rau researchers elected as Fellows
16 March 2023
Eleven academics from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland have been made Fellows of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, being recognised for their world leadership in research and scholarship.
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Pioneer of precious taonga conservation: Dilys Johns
15 March 2023
Dilys Johns, a Senior Research Fellow in Anthropology at the University of Auckland, has received a lifetime achievement award for her work conserving taonga found in wet sites throughout Aotearoa.
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Life in the red-stickered zone needn’t be quite this hard
13 March 2023
Opinion: Muriwai resident, Associate Professor Vivienne Elizabeth, shares her experience in the profoundly disempowering state of limbo of a red-stickered area.
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Pacific excellence at ASB Polyfest
7 March 2023
This year the Auckland Secondary Schools Māori and Pacific Islands cultural festival celebrates its 48th year and Waipapa Taumata Rau is sponsoring the Samoan Stage once again.
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From revolution to pandemic: the life of a social anthropologist
7 March 2023
From the streets of Prague after the 1989 revolution to the violent Fiji coup of 2000 and the Covid pandemic, Susanna Trnka’s life and work have often been at the centre of historic events.
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Insights on extremism need careful consideration and good evidence
2 March 2023
BOOK REVIEW: Chris Wilson on Fear: New Zealand's hostile world of extremists by Byron C Clark.
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Waipapa Taumata Rau students secure spot in Te Matatini finals
24 February 2023
Anipātene Biddle, Hikawai Te Nahu, Piripi Gordon, Te Ruki Pierce-Dunn, Atamira Walker, Puna Whaakata Maniapoto-Love, Te Ao Leach, and Nikora Wade have all made it into the finals of Te Matatini and will compete for the grand title alongside their respective roopu on 25 February.
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Haka expert and kaupapa Māori researcher to judge Te Matatini
22 February 2023
Waipapa Taumata Rau principal teaching fellow Paora Sharples is chair of Tāmaki Kapa Haka and one of 40 Te Matatini judges. He says kapa haka isn’t just cultural revitalisation, but the vehicle for Māori excellence.
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Te Matatini: From small hometown to big stage
20 February 2023
Law and arts student Puna Whakaata Maniapoto-Love is excited to celebrate Māori culture and connect with whānau when she takes to the stage in the world's biggest kapa haka competition.
