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From The CEO, Anake Goodall

The Ngāi Tahu New Year has arrived with the rise of Puaka (the star Rigel) marking 2009 as a year of meager harvest and concern for future generations. The tītī are lean and few in number, as parents struggle to find food for their chicks from their usually reliable fishing grounds. The scarcity facing the tītī, and its subsequent effects on their communities, is paralleled in the global credit markets. While governments massively increase public debt to keep significant industries afloat in the face of this recession, the economic reality on the ground is also one of lean times and receding tides. [More...]

From The Editor, Faumuinā F. Maria Mau'u

When I drive around the North Island, I always enjoy encountering Māori place names. I wonder about the people who lived on that whenua, how they survived, and what inspired them to name those places. I also like seeing them because they are in te reo Māori. [More...]


Geographic Information Systems specialist Huia Pacey and kaumātua Trevor Howse. See Wind of your Homeland.

Wind Of Your Homeland

Place names reveal the stories, events and people of the past. They anchor its history and connect the people of the present and the future to those that came before them. Ancient place names within the Ngāi Tahu takiwā continue to be revealed so once again the true story of Te Waipounamu will be told. [More...]

Cyber Connections

Ngāi Tahu whānau in Aotearoa and abroad are meeting up on the internet and setting up their own cyber communities. From Bebo and Facebook to family whakapapa sites, new communities are springing up each year to keep the family and hapū connections thriving. [More...]

Reo Revolution

Two generations of Ngāi Tahu te reo Māori leaders are about to meet at the iwi's first Kāi Tahu Kura Reo in Bluff this year. Justin Tipa speaks about his family's journey while kaumātua Kūkupa Tirikatene and Te Whe Phillips join in with their kōrero about the reo. [More...]

Keeping Watch Over Mātaitai

In the last of the mātaitai series, kaitiaki Philllip Smith patrols Rakiura's Te Waka A Te Wera (Paterson Inlet) to make sure the rules are being kept. He is one of many kaitiaki throughout the Ngāi Tahu takiwā keeping watch. [More...]

Raising Bi-Lingual Tamariki

Welcome to the Tuuta/Roberts and Hakaria households where two whānau are raising their children in te reo Māori. It's a life of open Māori dictionaries, bi-lingual schools and board games in te reo. [More...]

Chopper Ready

It's the kind of job kids dream of – being a helicopter pilot. And Zane Smith is just that, with his own helicopter business in Rakiura. [More...]

Appetite For Living

From Fibre-Filled salad days to folk dancing, Gwen Rolleston continues to share the joy of becoming healthier with Tahu FM's Hundy Club. [More...]