Mana Motuhake & Treaty-Making in the International Trade Space Short Course - Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Jan 06, 2026

What do international free trade and investment agreements have to do with Mana Motuhake, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and constitutional transformation? 

Most times when we talk about the exercise of Tino Rangatiratanga, as affirmed in He Whakaputanga me te Tiriti o Waitangi, we focus on constitutional po...

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Can't we all just be kiwi? Dec 31, 2025
Q: Why can't we all just be kiwi?
A: Because the pain is still too raw for some and the injustice continues to deepen. It is not right when someone else defines what it means to be me as Māori and how we can or can't practice our traditions and how we are allowed to add value
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Wellbeing is not the absence of disease but connection. indigenous healing Dec 19, 2025

Connection is as imperative as food and water to health and wellbeing.  Disconnection from each other, the land we live upon, our culture and our stories is the root of our generation’s dis-ease in the world.

If you can feel it, you can heal it.

This piece is written by Robert L Arnold and present...

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A vision for the future of rongoā Māori. Dec 01, 2025

A future where Rongoā Māori stands strong in its full mana — not in anyone’s shadow, but as a sovereign expression of mana motuhake, mātauranga, whakapapa and wairua.

A future where the whole person is cared for — physically and spiritually. Where healing is guided by tikanga and deep connection to...

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Rongoā Māori in a nutshell healthy wellbeing indigenous healing mana and mauri rongoā māori Feb 12, 2025

Indigenous healing around the world is derived from the inseparable connections that sustain all life.  Nothing on this planet (nor the planet itself) exists in isolation, therefore nothing heals in isolation.

Māori, as one of two indigenous peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand, know that the world is m...

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