3 x ARTICLES - Tauranga Uni, Auckland Festival, Reserve Bank

[Kiwi Frontline]

WHAT COULD TAURANGA'S NEW UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MEAN FOR THE REGION?

A kaumatua chants in te reo while two men remove black fabric to reveal a pouwhenua - a wooden carving called Te Toka a Tirikawa. More chanting and songs precede the shuffle of more than 100 pairs of feet into the building.

The karakia concludes inside Te Manawaroa meeting room, where hongi and handshakes follow. Waikato University Professor and kaumātua Tom Roa addresses those encircling the space.

Later, a Ngai Te Rangi spokesman would tell attendees at a Bongard Centre breakfast, "This whare is for the students of the world.".....

www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=12205925

[Kiwi Frontline]

AUCKLAND FESTIVAL PUT WAIATA MĀORI AT THE HEART OF THEIR PROGRAM

Two Auckland Festival shows in March put waiata Māori front and centre - a free sing-along event in Aotea Square called Tira, and another called Tōku Reo Waiata. The brains behind the shows, Tama Waipara, and performer Annie Crummer tell Kirsten Johnstone about the kaupapa.​....

www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/2018683718/auckland-festival-put-waiata-maori-at-the-heart-of-their-program

[Kiwi Frontline]

RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR ADRIAN ORR EMBRACES THE FOREST GOD

"I would say, to some people, it's gone down like a cup of cold sick," says Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr. He's talking about the response to his reset of the central bank's vision - using the story of Tāne Mahuta.

So why Tāne Mahuta? And what does it all mean?

In Māori mythology, Ranginui and Papatūānuku - the sky father and earth mother - were once bound in an embrace so tight that all the world was dark.

Their children made several attempts to separate them and eventually the forest god Tāne was successful – lying on his back and pushing up with his legs to let the sunshine in.....

www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12206198