Māpuna Podcast

Māpuna Podcast

The best of Māpuna. Catch up with host Julian Wilcox and producer Tama Muru with their favourite weekly interviews with Māori throughout Aotearoa, from sports legends, to business leaders, to artists and community advocates. Māpuna acknowledges those who are beloved and respected within their communities. 'He māpuna e arohatia ana, e kaingāukautia ana'.

Episodes

Mapuna for 25 May 2024

May 25, 2024 • 45 mins
Ngai Tahu academic Matthew Scobie has co-written a new book with Anna Sturman from the University of Sydney, called The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation in which they write 'the future of Aotearoa depends on how Maori engage with capitalism.' And the musical duo, Aro, featuring husband and wife Charles and Emily Looker, join Julian Wilcox in the studio to perform a track from their new album He Rakau, He Ngarara
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Fran Ebbett, her path to captain an Air NZ jet

May 18, 2024 • 47 mins
Fran Ebbett was just a schoolgirl when she started dreaming of becoming a pilot and eventually she rose through the ranks to captain an Air New Zealand passenger jet, possibly the first Maori woman to do so. 
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Maori talent alongside Booker & Pulitzer prize winners at Auckland Writers Festival

May 4, 2024 • 46 mins
The Auckland Writers Festival starts on May 14 and its promotional push highlights a roll-call of talent from across the arts; Booker prize winner for 2023, Paul Lynch, plus generations of Maori writers from Patricia Grace to Becky Manawatu.
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How 19th century leader Apihai Te Kawau shaped Auckland

April 30, 2024 • 46 mins
A new stage production in Auckland looks at life for Ngati Whatua through the eyes of one their most prominent tupuna, Apihai Te Kawau, who signed Te Tiriti O Waitangi in March 1840.
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'Undefeated men in a defeated army' Cretan historian on the Maori Battalion

April 25, 2024 • 51 mins
For Anzac Day Māpuna takes a look back at a special episode from 2023 when producer Tama Muru visited the Greek island of Crete to delve into the history of the battle in 1941 which pitted New Zealand, Australian and British troops against elite paratroopers from Nazi Germany.  
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Sandy Adsett: 'If I paint by the numbers it's no good'

April 20, 2024 • 58 mins
Over the past 60 years Maoridom has produced many prominent artists and one who definitely belongs in that category is Sandy Adsett, although he prefers to see himself as a painter.
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Maori art pioneer Fred Graham

April 13, 2024 • 44 mins
Mapuna visits Māori art pioneer Fred Graham at his home in Waiuku. He was part of a generation of young Maori artists who emerged after World War Two who forged a new path in contemporary art. 
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Maori food sovereignty & snapper with marmite suace

April 6, 2024 • 46 mins
On this Mapuna podcast you'll hear about Maori food sovereignty from Dr Jessica Hutchings and chef Kia Kanuta will reveal the inspiration behind snapper with marmite sauce plus kumara puree and a beef short rib with horopito and harakeke rub. 
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Nathan Pohio on his first two years at Toi o Tamaki

March 30, 2024 • 42 mins
Nathan Pohio recently finished his first two years as senior curator, Maori art at Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Art Gallery. 
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Whakaata Maori celebrates 20th anniversary

March 26, 2024 • 50 mins
Mapuna looks back at 20 years of Whakaata Maori which started out in 2004 as the Maori Television Service. It's now an established and popular part of Aotearoa's media landscape will celebrate its 20th anniversary on March 28. 
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A celebration of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa at 80

March 19, 2024 • 31 mins
Earlier this month Dame Kiri Te Kanawa celebrated her 80th birthday and in this podcast you'll hear from Dame Kiri herself and singers she's mentored such as baritones Robert Wiremu and Samson Setu. The general director of NZ Opera Brad Cohen gives his insights on why Dame Kiri's voice is considered one of the greatest the world of opera has ever heard. 
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New Kiwis coach Stacey Jones on Warriors chances for 2024

March 9, 2024 • 45 mins
In the first episode of our new podcast we talk to New Zealand rugby league legend Stacey Jones about his dual roles as assistant coach of the Warriors and also his new role as the head coach of the Kiwis. 
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