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Professor Ella Henry
Earlier this month Ella Henry delivered her inaugural professorial address at AUT Business School. Her background includes time at poet James K Baxter's commune, Jerusalem, on the Whanganui River in the 1970s, living up a tree in a Queensland rain forest, working on a prawn trawler and sailing to apartheid era South… Audio
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Julian Arahanga on his new documentary Mana Moana, Mana Tangata
12 Jul 2025The world premiere for the film will be in Tamaki Makaurau tomorrow as part of the Doc Edge Festival. It tells the story of how Maori fought to reclaim their… Audio
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Wellington political insider Chris Wikaira
5 Jul 2025Today on Mapuna we sift through the politics of our capital city with Chris Wikaira, a veteran journalist and public relations guru and look back on his career… Audio
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Mapuna Matariki special
21 Jun 2025Mapuna joined RNZ's team at the national hautapu ceremony at Tirorangi Marae near Mount Ruapehu. Today we'll feature different perspectives on Matariki ma… Audio
Saturday 26 July 2025
Dr Arapata Hakiwai: tens of thousands of taonga are overseas
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Dr Arapata Hakiwai is Kaihautū at Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand and he's been involved in the repatriation of Māori and Moriori taonga from Australia, the United States and the UK. He says one estimate is that at least 15 to 16 thousand taonga are held by overseas museums.
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