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July 11, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Rotorua’s water springs | Robyn Bargh
Ngāti Tuarā and Rotorua Lakes Council to protect and celebrate the cultural and environmental significance of Rotorua’s water springs.
April 13, 2026
October 30, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Robin Bargh | Māori Literature Trust Trustee
The Pikihuia Awards celebrating Māori writers have been held every second year for the last thirty years. This year, writers of short fiction, poetry and non-fiction in English and te reo Māori were recognised as well as the Keri Hulme Award
September 27, 2023 | News
Kupu Festival brings out wealth of Māori writers
The curator of this year's Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi: Kupu Māori Writers Festival says it was great to see the range of genres writers are tackling, from moteatea to history to protest to writing for young people.
September 25, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Robyn Bargh | Kupu board member and founder of Huia Publishers
The Kupu Festival is a celebration of Māori writers – past, present and future.
September 22, 2022 | News
Rotorua reverses puna grab
A Te Arawa hapū has signed an agreement with Rotorua Lakes District Council to reverse a 70-year old grab of its water.
- Radio Waatea is Auckland's only Māori radio station that provides an extensive bi-lingual broadcast to its listeners. Based at Nga Whare Waatea marae in Mangere, it is located in the middle of the biggest Māori population in Aotearoa.
