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.

102 – Tāwhaki the Bold: Part 2

After his adventures in Episode 98, Tāwhaki lives a long and prosperous life but his final journey leads him somewhere he couldn’t have expected.

99 – My Birb of the Year 2022

It’s that time of year again! The Forest and Bird competition to see who is Aotearoa’s Bird of the Year is back on! Every year I pick a native or endemic bird to talk about to teach you about some of the weird and wonderful birds we have. This year I chose the mātātā or fernbird!

98 – Tāwhaki the Bold

We tell the story of Tāwhaki, a fairly famous demi-god like figure in Te Ao Māori. In this episode we have two stories. In the first he gets mugged and then does a Noah in retaliation and in the second he goes searching for his parents and murders a bunch of fish in the process.

85 – Hinemoa and Tutanekai

A dramatic retelling of the Rotorua love story of Hinemoa and Tutanekai

84 – Kia Mau

For our last episode on haka we talk all about the most famous haka, Ka mate. Detailing the life of its creator, one of Māoridom’s greatest military leaders, Te Rauparaha of Ngāti Toa.