Panel talk: Kōrero Matariki – Te hauora o te hinengaro
Huia mai ki ngā kōrero mataora o ia wiki a ngā māngai whakaeke. Ka kōrerotia ai tā te Māori tirohanga mō te hauora me te toiora, me te whakaatu i ngā taonga kei ō mātou kohinga.
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Join us for weekly kōrero with guest speakers, as they share te ao Māori understandings of health and wellbeing, featuring taonga from our collections.
Wed 18 Jun 2025, 6.30–8.00pm
Rongomaraeroa, the marae, Level 4
Free event, booking recommended
The rest of the museum will be closed
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 Mani Dunlop
Māni Dunlop (Ngāpuhi) is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and communications strategist. She’s spent more than a decade in the media, bringing a much-needed critical Māori lens to issues across the board.
Her career began at the national broadcaster RNZ as an intern, where she worked to Māori News Director. In 2020, she became the first Māori presenter on a weekday programme as host of Midday Report, te Pūrongo o te Poutūtanga. She is currently Kaikawepurongo Mātāmua Torangapū – Political Reporter at Whakaata Māori and is the co-chair of Kawea te Rongo, the Māori Journalists Association.
She is a regular commentator on radio and television, and has been in the public sector as a strategic communications and engagement specialist. She lives in Pōneke Wellington with her whānau.
Photo courtesy of Mani Dunlop
Matariki Kōrero, 2024. Photo by Jo Moore. Te Papa (245363)
plenty serious TALK TALK
Kia Mau Festival presents plenty serious TALK TALK, a theatre show that takes its first international step across the Tasman, bringing its premiere show to Aotearoa New Zealand.
Unfortunately, these shows have been cancelled.
cancelled
Wed 11 Jun 2025, 6.30–7.30pm
Thu 12 Jun 2025, 6.30–7.30pm
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