The Future of HANZ in 2023

As we hurtle towards the first major shift in the content of HANZ I thought this would be a good time to take stock of where we are and make some changes!

111 – Nature’s Pharmacy

Today we have a one off special episode all about rongoā Māori, medicine! We discuss how spirituality was integrated into medical care, how medicine was applied and the plants they used!

110 – Terrifying Terrific Taniwha

Down here in Aotearoa it is the spooky season of autumn so here is a fun little episode all about ghosts, fairies, taniwha and all sorts of creatures from Māori folklore! Some we have seen before, others will be brand new but hopefully all are interesting!

109 – Beyond the Veil

We venture into Rarohenga as discuss what happens when a person passes into the next life, how a community grieves and follow the soul on its final journey.

108 – Futurama

Today we will discuss more about the practicalities of religion, specifically karakia, divination, mākutu and magic. It’s a lot of fun stuff around the more physical elements of relgion and magic that are sometimes less prevelant in the more dominant Abrahamic religions today!

107 – Tapu Tohunga

We move away from talking directly about the gods to discuss how tapu was navigated and talk a bit more about the people that helped do the navigating, the tohunga.

106 – Generous Gods

We move down the tiers of gods to talk about some of the less powerful but more influential deities in daily life, as well as discussing how these atua were contacted.

105 – Lord on High

We have mentioned a couple of times over the last few episodes a Supreme God of the pantheon but haven’t gone in depth into who this entity is. We change that this episode as we talk about exactly who this Supreme God is and what he’s all about!

104 – War in Heaven

We follow on from the events of the separation of Rangi and Papa to look at the various godly wars that occurred between the Big Six as well as discussing more about what these multiple heavens are all about!

103 – Tāne and the Bois

In this episode we start our discussion on Māori religion! I realise this may be a slightly contentious subjuct so the first half is giving some disclaimers and historical context and the second half is cracking into Māori creation story and the main atua therein.