From the Pātaka - Issue 11

Posted 11:25am Sunday 10th May 2026

You can tell what time of year it is by what people are carrying. Shoes in one hand, laptop in the other, everything else tucked in where it fits, moving from one place to the next without really stopping. Within TRM, the volleyball tournament has just passed, Te Huinga Tauira musters are underway, Read more...

From the Pātaka

Posted 1:33pm Sunday 26th April 2026

The semester has properly settled into its pace now. Calendars are filling, deadlines are approaching, and the whare is rarely quiet. Before things tighten up even more, we are back in the pātaka, clearing the shelves and checking what has been happening and what is coming up. Right now, Read more...

You Cannot Be What You Cannot See

Posted 3:22pm Saturday 11th April 2026

When you think of drugs, your mind probably goes straight to the obvious – weed, party culture, the spectacle of harm. But the substances most deeply embedded in Aotearoa’s everyday life rarely attract the same scrutiny. Sugar, alcohol, and caffeine have been normalised to the point of Read more...

From the Pātaka

Posted 7:42pm Saturday 21st March 2026

A few weeks into the semester, and the pace has already picked up for Te Rito. Between fresher flu outbreaks, the tamest St. Paddy’s Day of the decade, and the slow disappearance of week-one motivation, TRM has been doing its part to keep things interesting. Naturally, there are a few things Read more...

Four Days In The Belly Of The Beast

Posted 11:35am Sunday 8th March 2026

I went to London to see what all the fuss was about. After all, it has a long history of looking in our direction first. It’s the third week of uni, which means I should be pretty locked in: highlighting readings, colour-coding my calendar, and convincing myself this is the semester I Read more...

From the Pātaka

Posted 11:23am Sunday 8th March 2026

The early weeks of the semester always feel a bit like the campus stretching its legs again. And once things get moving, they move quickly. A lot’s happened over the past few weeks – so first things first, we’re clearing out the pātaka. Something Spicy There hasn’t Read more...

Activating the Māori Radar

Posted 2:53pm Sunday 22nd February 2026

I remember making the big move like it was yesterday. Spoiler: it wasn’t. What I do remember the clearest is how quickly uni can make you feel anonymous – like everyone else got a handbook you somehow missed. Don’t worry, you haven’t. Most people are just better at Read more...

Brown Brilliance

Posted 10:46pm Saturday 4th October 2025

It was the issue no one could get their hands on. Copies of the Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori themed issue flew off the stands, and the kōrero reached corners of the motu that a Dunedin-based publication doesn’t usually touch. This year, Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori wasn’t just Read more...

The Road to Te Huinga Tauira

Posted 6:06pm Sunday 21st September 2025

Porourangi Templeton-Reedy – Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tainui Jacqueline Te Kani-Nankivell – Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāpuhi Every year, tauira Māori (students) from across the motu (country) gather under one roof Read more...

Ngā Wai-hono-i-te-pō and the Kīngitanga Movement

Posted 4:26am Monday 16th September 2024

Shockwaves reverberated through the motu on Friday, August 30th, as Aotearoa learned of the passing of Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatou Te Wherowhero VII, the Māori King. Less than a week later, the Kīngitanga named its new leader: Te Arikinui Kuīni Ngā Read more...