Tema Hemi

Dec 26, 2023 | teaonews.co.nz | Tema Hemi

Ko Pounamu Keepa (Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Ngāti Ruanui, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Kahu) e tūmanako ana, mā te kanohi rarata i muri i te pae taka rongoā e kaha ake ai te whakapono o ngā whānau Māori ki te pūnaha hauora. E 22 tau te pakeke o Keepa kātahi anō ka whakapōtaehia ki tana tohu taka rongoā i Te Whare Wānanga i Ōtākou.

Dec 25, 2023 | teaonews.co.nz | Tema Hemi

Ko Dante Karangaroa o Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi nō te awa o Whanganui, te tāne hohe rawa i Aotearoa. I riro i a Karangaroa taua tohu i tana toahanga i te wāhanga takitahi wātea o te whakataetae Whitirau ā Motu i tū ki Tauranga i tēnei tau. Heoi hei tāna, ki te kore te whakatenatena a ōna mātua, kua kore ia e mōhio he aha te āhua o te haumāuiui, ka mutu kei te waia haere tonu ia ki tana ekenga hei tāne pakari rawa i te motu. “He āhua rerekē,” te kōrero a Karangaroa.

Dec 13, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Tema Hemi

Whanganui's Earl-Jay Pehi does battles against David Tuitupou at King in the Ring in Auckland. Photo / Calden JamiesonEarl-Jay Pehi is a champion NZ Muay Thai Kick Boxing champion and holds the WKA New Zealand title, along with the International Kickboxing Federation New Zealand title. Pehi is of Te Ātihaunui-ā-Pāpārangi descent and grew up in the Whanganui suburb of Castlecliff. He got into the sport at the age of 14 through the encouragement of a close friend.

Dec 13, 2023 | teaonews.co.nz | Tema Hemi

Liana Hamlin’s passion for mahi māra (gardening) started at a young age with her grandparents. She was nurtured in the ways of her old people in how to grow and preserve food. Many years later the 34-year-old is now the Community Kai Champion in the Manawatū region. Hamlin hails from the Mahia Penninsula, and is of Ngāti Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine descent, but has lived in Palmerston North for most of her life.

Dec 12, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Tema Hemi

Dante Karangaroa is the king of NZ CrossFit. Photo / SuppliedDante Karangaroa is the fittest man in New Zealand and earned the title after winning the open individual section at this year’s CrossFit National competition held in Tauranga. But Karangaroa says without the encouragement of his parents, he wouldn’t know what hard work looked like and he is still trying to come to terms with being the fittest man in the country.