Maori
Here Are All the Māori Comedians
The question here isn’t, and has never been, in regards to where we are. The question should be: where are you looking for us?
Dealing With 'The Feelings' As a Young Brown Person
My brand at primary school was “the kid who cried a lot” - and it’s become somewhat of a badge of honour for me.
'I Went To Her Place And Cried' Men Take Us Through Their Break-Up Timelines
We ask what’s really going on an hour, a day or a year after a break-up.
New Zealand’s ‘Third Culture Kids’: Creating Identity From the ‘Other’ Box
"To be African in New Zealand is really trippy... People will drop the n-word left right and centre but are quiet as a mouse when it comes to injustices."
Māori Politicians Want to Change New Zealand’s Name to Aotearoa
A petition to restore traditional place names across the nation received more than 25,000 signatures in 24 hours.
A Brewery Accidentally Named Its Beer 'Pubic Hair' in a Different Language
Canada's Hell's Basement thought 'Huruhuru' was the te reo Māori word for "feather." Colloquially, the word means... pubes.
New Zealand Is Burning Out a Generation of Young Artists
The country is being praised for their “wellbeing” budget, which measures quality of life alongside money. But artists are still feeling the impact of funding cuts that have made it seemingly impossible to forge a fair living as a creative.
Inside the Homecoming Party For Aotearoa’s Kapa Haka Champs
Te Matatini winners Ngā Tūmanakō are welcomed back to Hoani Waititi Marae in West Auckland.
A New Documentary Shows How Education in NZ and the US is Divided on Racial Lines
Where you learn depends on where you live, and where you live often depends on what colour you are.
K-Pop Band Apologises for Opening Track With a Māori Karakia
"We did not hope or mean to offend any Māori people, or anyone for that matter."
The Māori App Connecting New Zealanders to Their Whenua
Arataki goes beyond colonial history to tell the indigenous stories behind some of Aotearoa's most famous locations.