Hikurangi Jackson

Mar 3, 2025 | teaonews.co.nz | Myjanne Jensen |Hikurangi Jackson

Until now, the archaeological dig and key personalities involved have been kept under wraps. Much remains unknown about the true provenance of the waka - who built it, when and where it came from. What began as a routine search for wood by a Rēkohu (Chatham Island) father and son has led to one of New Zealand’s most significant discoveries, possibly even in Polynesian archaeological history.

Aug 27, 2024 | teaonews.co.nz | Hikurangi Jackson

<b>Pretty cooked</b>That’s how Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick summed up the state of politics in New Zealand on Te Ao with Moanaon Monday. “It feels as though we are not even operating from a basis of the same facts when we’re trying to discuss, let alone debate things in the parliamentary sphere or justin politics at large,” she explained as she put the blame fair and squarely on Christopher Luxon.

Jun 4, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Hikurangi Jackson |Daniel Perese

Willie Jackson was the first Māori person to be invited to the University of Oxford to take part in its traditional debate. Photo / Whakaata MāoriTe Ao with Moana reporter Hikurangi Jackson went with his father, Labour MP Willie Jackson, who had been invited to Britain for a traditional University of Oxford debate. Willie Jackson was the first Māori person to be invited to the oldest university in Britain to take part in the debate.

Aug 21, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Hikurangi Jackson

UFC No 1 middleweight contender Dricus Du Plessis sat down for an interview with Hikurangi Kimiora Jackson (Te Ao with Moana) in his Pretoria gym, fresh after beating Māori Australian Robert Whittaker. As the top-ranked contender in the middleweight division, Du Plessis hopes to challenge world champion, Kiwi Israel Adesanya but adds he couldn’t fight in the upcoming UFC card in Australia in September due to an injury. However, Du Plessis is up for an African showdown.

Aug 1, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Hikurangi Jackson

Dame Noeline Taurua is fighting for a back-to-back win as the Silver Ferns head coach at the Netball World Cup in South Africa this month, and is also marking more than three years of her having her damehood. But before she was made a dame, Taurua and her whānau had always been against investiture titles. “We had always been one of those families that would read the newspaper and go, ‘Oh what has he done? What has she done?“ she says.