‘Whetūrangitia’ is a verb used in whaikōrero to describe the transformation of loved ones who have passed away – Ki a rātau kua whetūrangitia, haere, haere, haere – which speaks of those who have left ...

Faith Wilson: Tell me about the ideas behind Filemu and what urged you to start this zine. Lofa Totua: ‘Filemu’ is a Sāmoan word and, growing up, it’s a word that I would hear from my mum, nana and ...

Editor Ataria Sharman with Chevron Hassett on taking the time for self-care and refining his art practice.

This centuries-old Heretaunga whakataukī is the vision behind Te ahua te wa te atea, a new moving image work by Russ Flatt (Ngāti Kahungunu) currently adorning MTG Hawkes Bay Museum's exhibition space ...

Legend has it that when the sky and the ground were not yet split, and the first chaos was just becoming discernible, a magical root formed … 3000 years to bloom, 3000 years to bear fruit, another ...

Karen Hu and Sherry Zhang chat with Kiwi-Asian musicians on culture, identity and how we can have more diversity and inclusion in the Aotearoa music industry.

Tatau was once the precious art of Samoan women, but it's now an artform dominated by men. Tusiata Avia explores the Tatau exhibition at Te Papa to find herself there.

As one of the first national celebrations of Asian writers, Naomii Seah reflects on the anthology filled with the taste of home, memory and a renewed refusal to remain silent.

For Koanga, spring equinox, the assembled collaborators have created a weather report from Haupapa Tasman Glacier, Aotearoa’s fastest growing body of wai, a glacier formed from a deep exhalation of ...

When individuals are all operating in aroha, the positive energy and intention given out by each person (aroha atu) into the shared space – perhaps a sharing of their own wairua that spirals through ...

Molima Molly Pihigia shares her insight as a founding member of Falepipi he Mafola: the award-winning Niuean handicraft group bringing together a community of older persons.

More and more, we are seeing taonga pūoro used in a diverse range of practices across the spectrum of te ao Māori, including rongoā, pōwhiri, whaikōrero, karakia and the telling of pūrākau. They are ...