Tag: Māori
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A small smattering of various stories all about plants, how they came to be and why they are the way they are!
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For our final episode on Māori horticulture we look at the influence Europeans and their crops had after their arrival. We talk about cash crops,…
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We move away from the garden (sort of) to talk about what Māori were foraging in the bush. With a particular focus on fern root,…
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Today we talk about a bit of a random mix of things, from specifc plants to climate change and the linguistics of naming plants and…
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Today is all about weeds! What they are, how Europeans and Māori viewed them and even a bit on how Pākehā used them as a…
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Today we talk about a few different things around Māori horticulture from how gardens were made up, fertiliser, tools, gods and planting!
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We start our look at Māori horticulture talking about the challenges and ingenuity of Māori upon arriving in Aotearoa. Specifically, the climate in their new…
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We go back to our tā moko episodes and do a dramatic retelling of the story of Mataroa and Niwareka, the couple that brough moko…
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We talk to the head of Te Papa Tongarewa’s Repatriation Team all about the repatriation of Māori and Moriori human remains from overseas. We talk…
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This is the second episode of my interview with James Holt, continuing on our discussion of Māori music including Māori showbands, WW2 songs and kapa…
