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Indigenising the Landscape

Te Ari Prendergast started his career as a Toi Waihanga working on the biggest urban design project in the history of Aotearoa: reimagining and rebuilding the city of Ōtautahi after the 2011 earthquake. Te Ari talks to kaituhi Ila Couch about his mahi, his mentors, and why he wants us to imagine a marae on Mars.

One Hundred Years Young

It isn’t often that one gets to spend time with a centuarian, especially one with as much zest for life as Pamela Jungersen (née Hislop)

A Career Goal Fulfilled

The journey to the blue uniform can take many paths and be motivated by many different reasons. For Constable James Bowden, his path to the police was one he says he was always going to walk, but his journey towards his new career was paralleled by his hīkoi towards his Māoritanga.

Rereka ki te Toka

This past summer, three Ngāi Tahu expeditions followed the path of the birds and whales to the Southern Ocean, reigniting a long-standing interest in one of the most enigmatic regions of the world’s oceans. Gazing south, a vast expanse of water links Bluff to the great ice barriers guarding Te Tiri o Te Moana, the Antarctic Continent.

Takaraha – An endangered taonga

The Ngāi Tahu takiwā is home to the nationally endangered takaraha or yellow-eyed penguin, also called hoiho. This seabird is one of the rarest penguin species in the world and is a taonga species for Ngāi Tahu.

Te Ao Māori

Standing on the windswept shingle of Te Mata Hapuku (Birdlings Flat), Tia Barrett feels at home. It’s a familiar place. It’s where her mother, Dr Alvina Edwards, grew up and it’s just an hour’s drive from Ōtautahi where Tia spent her first 10 years before mum moved them up north.

Aukaha: Xoë Hall

Kāi Tahu artist Xoë Hall has radically transformed the white gallery walls and created a beautiful, vibrant retelling of our creation story. Stunning, large-scale and brightly coloured murals of atua are floor to ceiling, as well as nods to Hine-nui-te-pō, Mahuika and Māui. Pounamu adorns the walls throughout.

Review: Good intentions? A treaty text in context

Loved and loathed, the Treaty of Waitangi is central to New Zealand’s political and constitutional debates. It frames arguments about our past and discussions about our future

Review: The Deep South

The Deep South is a truly stunning exploration of Te Waipounamu, the Southern Isles and Antarctica. Andris Apse, an award-winning photographer, takes readers on a journey starting with the more familiar landscapes of Waitaha, Murihiku and Westland, showcasing alpine vistas, valleys and coastlines of the mainland.

He Tangata Moana-o-Hinerangi

I was born in Te Tai Rāwhiti amongst my northern Taurima whānau, but raised amongst my southern Rehu/Te Au whānau in Murihiku, so have only known the Ngāi Tahu way.