Panel talk: Kōrero Matariki – Te hauora o te hinengaro

I a tātou e mānawa nei i a Matariki mā Puanga me āna heringa mai mō te tau, ruku hōhonuitia te ao Māori ki ngā raupapa kōrero mataora e tū ana i te marama o Hune.

Ko te putanga o te kāhui o Matariki, me Puanga i te hōtoke te tohu ki te wānanga, ki te mahara, ki te whakamānawa, me te titiro ki mua. Ko Matariki anō te whetū e tohu ana ki te hauora me te toiora.

Tūhono mai i ia wiki ki ngā momo mātanga, i a rātou ka toro ki ngā kaupapa o te hauora mā ngā tirohanga, mā ngā ako, me ngā taiao rerekē. Ka hāngai pū ngā kōrero ki ngā momo tūāhua o te hauora, me ngā taonga o ō mātou kohinga ka whiria mai e ngā manu kōrero.

Kōrero 3: Te hauora o te hinengaro

Hana Tapiata

Hana Tapiata (Tūhourangi, Ngāti Tarāwhai) is a māmā and writer living by Māori philosophies to explore wellness, self-determination and liberation. Through her research on pūrākau, atua and ancestral knowledge systems, Hana reimagines the creation of a more meaningful life, by design.

Her latest book Atua Wāhine: the ancient wisdom of Māori goddesses, she draws on pūrākau and whakataukī to reveal how the wisdom of atua wāhine can help us live with courage and confidence in the modern world.

Photo courtesy of Hana Tapiata

Rikki Solomon

Ko Ngāti Kahungunu me Ngāti Kahu-ki-Whangaroa ōku iwi. Ko Rikki Solomon tōku ingoa.

Rikki was raised in Te Hauke, mentored by his grandparents – especially his koroua – learning to garden, farm, and work the land through hands-on experience and daily life alongside them.

He is part of the Aronui team at Turuki Health Care, where he integrates the maramataka into health and wellbeing – aligning daily activities with lunar and environmental cycles to enhance hauora and reconnect whānau with ancestral ways of living. Rikki is also a Mataora with Mahi-a-Atua and has over 30 years of experience in funeral care.

Rikki Solomon. Photo by Lawrence Smith

Facilitator

Meriana Johnsen (Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne) is a journalist, writer, and MC. Tangata whenua are at the heart of all her mahi, from on the ground news coverage of protests for RNZ, to delving deep into whenua kaupapa for current affairs show, The Hui, to writing on whakapapa and whānau for The Spinoff. She is also a second-language learner of te reo Maori and is passionate about revitalising te reo Māori within her whānau, hapū and iwi.

Photo courtesy of Meriana Johnsen

Matariki Kōrero, 2024. Photo by Jo Moore. Te Papa (245363)