#Māori #NZElection Today I got my letter of confirmation that Im enrolled to vote along with the invitation to switch rolls. The last date for this is 6 August 2026.
The #Waitangi Treaty Grounds are the location where, in 1840, the #Maori and British signed the document that created the New Zealand that we know today. Admission is expensive, but definitely worth it. Have you been there? #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Paihia/#waitangi
The #Waitangi Treaty Grounds are the location where, in 1840, the #Maori and British signed the document that created the New Zealand that we know today. Admission is expensive, but definitely worth it. Have you been there? #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Paihia/#waitangi
Whale Rider 20th Anniversary Edition - Official Trailer

YouTube
Feierliche Übergabe gestern auf Schloss Hohentübingen: Das „Pou der Hinematioro“ kehrt nach Neuseeland zurück. An der Zeremonie nahmen auch Mitglieder der Māori-Gemeinschaft Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti teil. #Restitution #KolonialesErbe #Maori #Neuseland #Ethologie #Provinienzforschung

Ata marie

#BonDia
Idioma: #Maori
#BondDia

wish i could go to this someday (if it's not inappropriate for me to do so as a white settler/tangata tiriti)

"Filmmakers across indigenous cultures the world over are gathering in Ōtaki on the Kapiti Coast this week to connect and collaborate at the Māoriland Film Festival."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/590621/indigenous-filmmakers-share-the-love-of-film-across-cultures-at-maoriland

#Indigenous #Maori #Film

Indigenous filmmakers share the love of film across cultures at Māoriland

The Māoriland Film Festival is running until Saturday in Ōtaki on the Kapiti Coast.

RNZ

New at my Patreon... You can't really tell by glancing at this photo, but this figure was created at a scale of 2.4:1 when compared to an ordinary human. Which seems appropriate, as Tūhuru Kōkare was a man who was larger than life:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/image-of-week-153799059

#NewZealand #history #Maori #museum

"These methods address how gender is viewed by Western society: inseparable from physical sexual characteristics.
But gender and sex are different. They aren’t intertwined, and many gender characteristics are learned traits or stereotypes enforced by Western society."

https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/21-03-2026/how-ta-moko-is-redefining-gender-for-takatapui-maori

#lgbtq #trans #queer #maori #tattoo #gender #colonization #culture

How tā moko is redefining gender for takatāpui Māori

Why the future of takatāpui affirmation might already exist within te ao Māori.

The Spinoff

"As Western models of gender affirmation fall short, one takatāpui Māori turns to pūhoro and whakapapa – reclaiming identity through tā moko and redefining what it means to be seen.
...
If a society influences what gender looks like within their communities, what does it look like within te ao Māori? To me, it looks like moko."

#Gender #Sexuality #Culture #Māori #TāMoko #tattoo #takatāpui #Aotearoa #OtherPeoplesExperiences #affirmation

https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/21-03-2026/how-ta-moko-is-redefining-gender-for-takatapui-maori

How tā moko is redefining gender for takatāpui Māori

Why the future of takatāpui affirmation might already exist within te ao Māori.

The Spinoff