Hot on Their Heels

Posted 12:43pm Sunday 13th September 2026

Like a pair of hand-me-down shoes, te reo Māori is an inheritance. Well-worn, repaired when it needed mending and kept with its next wearer in mind. The leather may be scuffed and softened by another person’s feet, but when you put them on, they fit. Each generation leaves its mark on Read more...

GRWM: Pounamu Palette

Posted 12:27pm Sunday 13th September 2026

Imagine the South Island launching its own eyeshadow palette. Crack open the compact, and you’ll find smoky forest greens, creamy blue sheens, leafy olives, and icy shimmers that easily double as highlight. Except this collection isn’t sitting beneath the fluorescent lights at Mecca; it Read more...

From Vegas to the Valley: A Taste of Mita

Posted 2:01pm Monday 15th September 2025

Matariki Cribb-Fox (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Apa) Shakayla Alapaki-Andrews (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Mahuta, Pare Hauraki, Ngāti Paoa, Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha, Niue) When people think about Te Reo Māori, they often imagine one neat, Read more...

Champion One Day, Crumbling the Next

Posted 1:40pm Monday 15th September 2025

You probably know the entire menu at Burger N Beast off by heart, but couldn’t explain where your degree comes from without citing another white guy. Brutal? Maybe. True? Definitely. And before you clutch your pearls, name one Māori scholar without opening Google. Thought so. Let’s Read more...