Māpuna for Saturday 20 September 2025

Business leader Miriana Stephens on poverty

Wakatū Incorporation director Miriana Stephens Photo: Supplied / Wakatū Incorporation

Miriana Stephens is one of more than dozen contributors to a new book, Pakukore Poverty By Design. She's an award winning businesswoman and is a trustee at her marae in Motueka, Te Āwhina. In her essay she writes that the 'papakāinga is more than just housing, it is a lifeline' and, along with other Māori communities 'are proving that when we reclaim our land and lead our own housing solutions, we create strong, thriving communities.'

Rangatahi Māori delegation for COP climate conference

Photo: Rangatahi Maori delegation for COP30 climate conference

Ten rangatahi Māori, known as Te Kāhu Pōkere, will represent Aotearoa at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Brazil this November. Two of the delegates are Te Rina Porou and Taane Aruka Te Aho who says “our job is to be like Te Kāhu Pōker, a guardian that investigates, gathers new information, then brings that back home.”