Articles

  • 1 month ago | teaonews.co.nz | Jessica Tyson

    Singer Jordan Rapana, also known as Jordyn With a Why, is making her mark, inspiring a whole generation of urban Māori with her music that celebrates te reo Māori. She creates bilingual music that mixes RnB, soul pop and neo soul. Each waiata is influenced by her own experiences growing up as a Samoan, Māori in an urban setting through indigenous stories, kupu (words) and different musical elements. Rapana says, “I just want everyone to fall in love with te reo Māori.

  • 1 month ago | sunlive.co.nz | Jessica Tyson

    In a bid to retain their mana motuhake, a small RSA club in Te Teko, Mātaamua, has decided to break away from the national RSA. Their president, Hemana Waaka, says they’re leaving the Royal NZ Returned Services Association Inc (RNZRSA) because of a new constitution that doesn’t recognise Te Tiriti o Waitangi. “We are now moving away from the words RSA as part of our mana motuhake. Today, we have replaced it with our own brand and entity.

  • 1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Jessica Tyson

    A small RSA club in Te Teko has left the national RSA to retain its mana motuhake. President Hemana Waaka cited the new constitution’s lack of recognition for Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The club, now named Te Hokowhitu a Tū ki Te Teko, will provide community healthcare services. In a bid to retain their mana motuhake, a small RSA club in Te Teko, Mātaamua, has decided to break away from the national RSA.

  • 1 month ago | teaonews.co.nz | Jessica Tyson

    In a bid to retain their mana motuhake, a small RSA club in Te Teko, Mātaamua, has decided to break away from the national RSA. Their president, Hemana Waaka, says they’re leaving the Royal NZ Returned Services Association’s (RNZRSA) because of a new constitution that doesn’t recognise Te Tiriti o Waitangi. “We are now moving away from the words RSA as part of our mana motuhake. Today, we have replaced it with our own brand and entity.

  • 2 months ago | teaonews.co.nz | Jessica Tyson

    Woodville is a small town in the Manawatū, with a population of about 1600 people. It’s famous for some things, like being the home of Gotfried Lindauer who painted some of our most prominent rangatira. 100 years later, it’s now home to artists of a different kind. Te Whiti Warbrick, Georgia Boyden, Joseph Boyden and Elijah McDonald are music producers making beats for superstars like Rihanna, Post Malone, Little Wayne, Camilla Cabillo, Ty Dolla Sign, Tyga, Pop Smoke, Rod Wave and more.