New season coming soon. Bringing Google Translate to life! Join the Whakamāori crew to learn, wānanga and have fun in te reo Māori.
Whakamāori
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New season coming soon. Bringing Google Translate to life! Join the Whakamāori crew to learn, wānanga and have fun in te reo Māori.
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4/11/2022
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Recent Episodes
December 2, 2025
Stan Walker – "I Am"
<p>To close the season on the campus of Waikato University's Tauranga campus, the team translate Stan Walker's "I Am," a powerful waiata about identity, pride, and knowing your worth.</p><p>The final episode of Whakamāori was recorded live at Waikato University's Tauranga campus during the Te Tohu Paetahi wānanga, surrounded by tauira on their own haerenga with re reo Māori.<br/><br/>To close the season, the team—Chey Milne, Tākuta Anaha Hiini, & Ngairo Eruera—translate Stan Walker's "I Am," a powerful waiata about identity, pride, and knowing your worth.<br/><br/>With tauira in the room, the session became more than a translation—it turned into a shared learning space where every kupu sparked kōrero about whakapapa, confidence, and the reo we use to affirm who we are. A fitting way to wrap up the season: celebrating growth, language, and the strength we find in each other as Māori.</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/whakamaori?share=deb9398f-cd18-4eff-b86d-1e3b738f1c55">Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details</a></p>
November 25, 2025
Proverbs
<p>The team translate some of the world's most recognisable proverbs: phrases passed down through generations, across cultures and continents.</p><p>In this episode of Whakamāori, the team—Chey Milne, Tākuta Anaha Hiini, & Tamati Waaka—translate some of the world's most recognisable proverbs: phrases passed down through generations, across cultures and continents.<br/><br/>From "what goes around comes around" to "every cloud has a silver lining," these sayings carry life lessons, warnings, and words of encouragement—often wrapped in metaphor.<br/><br/>The panel explores how these ideas can be expressed in te reo Māori, and what shifts when we bring them into our own cultural and linguistic lens.<br/><br/>Whether you're learning new kupu or just love the art of a god whakataukī, this episode if all about finding the meaning between the lines.</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/whakamaori?share=4fad6391-0b89-4338-a4fa-5bc40bd471c1">Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details</a></p>
November 18, 2025
Bob Marley – "Redemption Song"
<p>The team take on one of the most iconic protest songs of all time: Bob Marley's "Redemption Song."</p><p>In this episode of Whakamāori, the team take on one of the most iconic protest songs of all time: Bob Marley's "Redemption Song."<br/><br/>A waiata of resistance, remembrance, and hope, its lyrics speak to the pain of colonisation and the fight for freedom—messages that deeply resonate here in Aotearoa.<br/><br/>The panel—Chey Milne, Tākuta Anaha Hiini, & Piripi Winiata—translate the lyrics into te reo Māori, unpacking the metaphors, the history, and the spiritual heartbeat behind the song.<br/><br/>It's a kōrero about liberation—not just political, but personal—and how te reo can carry that wero into our own stories.</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/whakamaori?share=913665ed-5bb0-4e50-83e7-3ba7ba5bf41c">Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details</a></p>
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