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Te tira hou | Te Akatoki
UC Māori students home away from home. Te Tira hou is a profile series in which we take a look into the māori university associations...
Te Rauaroha Tuhoro
Sep 2, 20223 min read
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Black cats are not the same as taniwha
You call them Myths, we call them Legends. A cultural comparison between black cats and taniwha, and superstitions.
Molly Huggan
Sep 1, 20225 min read
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The History of Poi E
2022 marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most popular songs of the 80s. Ella takes readers on a historical overview of the infamous...
Ella (Ngāpuhi)
Aug 29, 20225 min read
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Te Pūrongo | Akuhata, Wiki 4
Te Pararē presents the top stories of the week about or by tauira Māori across the motu. Akuhata, wiki 4.
Te Pararē
Aug 24, 20222 min read
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Indigenising the screen: How Māori cinema is changing
This feature article by Jak Rata is an ode to the power in Māori film-making and kōrero paki. Reviewing films like Whina, Waru and Cousins.
Jak Rata
Aug 22, 20226 min read
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Opinion: He wāhine, he whenua e ngaro ai te tangata
This opinion piece motivated by the woman's right issues and abortion laws in the USA raises what this could mean for us in Aotearoa.
Antonia Quinn
Aug 22, 20223 min read
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Editorial: Waiata is rongoā for the soul
When we share waiata, kōrero and pakiwaitara with each other as Māori, it binds us together and lifts us up.
Taylor-Rose Terekia & Callum Knight
Aug 22, 20224 min read
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Te Kāhui Toi honoured for their innovative design of university Marae
Te Kāhui Toi were honoured at Massey’s University Research Awards, where they were awarded the 2021 University Medal for Team Research. A...
Antonia Quinn
Aug 22, 20223 min read
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Ahakoa iti: how some tauira spent the first cost of living payment
Extra pūtea can go a long way for tauira Māori, so how far did this government koha go? On Monday 1 August, thousands of tauira would...
Taylor-Rose Terekia
Aug 10, 20222 min read
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Education Minister Chris Hipkins rules out universal student allowance (again)
Education Minister Hon. Chris Hipkins is ruling out a universal student allowance in response to the findings of the People’s Inquiry...
Callum Knight
Aug 5, 20225 min read
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The House That Brooke Built
Edie Balme retraces the journey of her whānau as they navigate the complexities of love, grief and the evolution of tangihanga.
Edie Balme
Jul 24, 202212 min read
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Mānawa Maiea te Ariki o te Rangi
This feature piece is a reflection on the first Matariki public holiday, by Regan Thompson-Taurima. As my alarm went off at 3:55am on the...
Regan Thompson-Taurima
Jul 24, 20226 min read
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Looking back on Hui Kaiārahi ki Ōtautahi, looking ahead to Te Huinga Tauira 2022
While many of us were on a much-needed study break, the tumuaki of Te Mana Ākonga’s member rōpū came together in Ōtautahi over the...
Callum Knight
Jul 22, 20223 min read
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Tauira reflect on the first Matariki public holiday
Aotearoa celebrated its first ever Indigenous public holiday, Matariki, on Friday 24th June. To mark this momentous occasion, Te Pararē...
Taylor-Rose Terekia & Antonia Quinn
Jul 4, 20226 min read
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“You can’t just fix one little piece of a very broken system”: Tauira Māori need tertiary reform
Image credit: Taumata Aronui A “think piece” called Manu Kōkiri – Māori Success and Tertiary Education: Towards a Comprehensive Vision...
Antonia Quinn
Jun 13, 20222 min read
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A place we can express our fullest self
Nau mai tauti mai ki tēnei whare kōrero o Te Pararē mō te tau 2022. Tēnei māua ngā Kaiwāwāhi Matua Takirua e mihi kau ana ki a koutou...
Taylor-Rose Terekia & Callum Knight
May 29, 20224 min read
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The Power of Pūrākau
In this feature article, Kaiwāwāhi Tuarua / Sub-Editor Briar Pomana deep dives into the power of pūrākau today from the perspective of a mil
Briar Pomana
May 26, 20224 min read
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Tumuaki across Aotearoa respond to rising student Covid cases
Covid-positive tauira across the motu are isolating in residential halls or as entire flats, and Māori student associations are doing...
Taylor-Rose Terekia & Callum Knight
Feb 28, 20223 min read
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What percentage are you?
Why the colonial concept of blood quantum doesn’t define indigenous people Originally published by Critic Te Arohi - the student magazine...
Annabelle Vaughan
Oct 20, 20215 min read
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Intersectionality, where?
Originally published by CANTA magazine Who really benefits from feminism? Not BBIPOC, fat, disabled, gender diverse, poor, LGBTQ+ and...
Ngawahine Thomson
Oct 20, 20214 min read
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Founded in 2019, Te Pararē is the student magazine of Te Mana Ākonga, National Māori Students Association.
For all enquiries or to write for us, email teparare@temanaakonga.org.nz
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