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Krissie Knap – Why music saved her life
Monday, October 7, 2024
Krissie Knap is someone whose presence effortlessly, and at times unintentionally, commands attention. It doesn’t matter if she’s on the stage performing or if you come across her on the streets of Rotorua, the energy she gives off always makes you feel better.
Indigenous artistry takes centre stage at ARONUI Arts Festival 2024
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Launching the ARONUI Indigenous Arts Festival in Rotorua this year is the premiere of “The Voices in the Shadows”, a highly anticipated performance that powerfully blends traditional waiata, dance and poetry.
Kahu Collection brings whānau aspirations to life
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Claire Stirling-Hawkins and Rongopai Stirling-Maxwell, along with four of their tamariki, started the Stirling Collective earier this year with the vision of empowering their whānau, and turning their aspirations into reality.
The pioneering businesswoman inspiring future generations
Monday, July 22, 2024
When Ashleigh Nairn began working at BurgerFuel Fairy Springs as a 15-year-old she never thought she would still be there 10 years later. While her workplace remains the same today, her job title is a bit different now – she not only owns the business, she became the youngest Burger Fuel franchisee when she took it over in 2019 at 21.
New myrtle rust education app empowers rangatahi to embrace science
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Scion has launched a new interactive learning app designed to empower rangatahi (young people) and communities with knowledge about myrtle rust.
Rotorua rangatahi making their mark on the worksite
Monday, July 1, 2024
Korbyn Kiore and Kayden Andersen are prime examples of rangatahi thriving when given the right training, resources and support before entering the workforce. Both young men leapt at the opportunity to join a 12-week Māori Trade Training Course run by WACT Innovation Hub, knowing it would help prepare them for the workforce.
Community partnership inspiring a new green generation
Monday, July 1, 2024
Every Thursday, the classrooms at Kaharoa School are empty as pupils dive hands-first into a different kind of lesson – one that's rooted in the earth itself.
Jim Schuster continues the mahi of his ancestors
Monday, May 27, 2024
Jim Schuster has dedicated two decades to restoring marae across New Zealand and the world as part of his work with Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga until his retirement in December.
Māori getting to tell their own stories
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Rotorua’s Steambox Film Collective started out as a group of friends hanging out and discussing the films and television programmes they dreamed of making. From there it was formalised and while its central membership includes Lara Northcroft, Mike Jonathan, Tihini Grant, Tim Worrall, Jo Curtis, Lea McLean, Richard Curtis and Nicola Smith, it also extends to their friends in the industry and their whānau.
Master Carver Clive Fugill receives New Zealand Royal Honour for Māori Art
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Tohunga Whakairo Rākau (Master Carver) Clive Fugill was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori Art at Government House on Friday, afterwards reconnecting with the whānau of Hoani Waititi Marae.
Rotorua media company’s mahi committed to preserve Māori culture
Friday, May 10, 2024
Founded by the dynamic couple Kahurangi and Chey Milne, Arataua Media’s mission is to uphold te reo Māori and preserve their cultural heritage.
Whakarewarewa: The Living Māori Village
Monday, April 29, 2024
Whakarewarewa is the legacy and home of the Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao people, who have been sharing their unique way of life with visitors from all around the world for over two hundred years.
The inspiring tale of Tuhoto-Ariki Pene, Crankworx royalty and hometown hero
Thursday, March 14, 2024
In the realm of professional sporting, where adrenaline often breeds cockiness, Tuhoto-Ariki Pene stands as a testament to his local roots and humility.
