Te Ahi Kaa

Composer and academic Taiarahia Black gives us an insight into traditional Māori music. Read more Audio

Moko artists and carvers Arekatera Maihi and Jacob Tautari talk about mixing chisels with tattoo guns and their personal views on giving moko to non-Māori in the final episode of Taa Moko Sessions. Read more Audio

Cy Mcloed is passionate about Kapahaka, health & fitness and moko. Justine Murray sits in on a session at his home at Mount Maunganui where he talks about how the physical demands of being a moko… Read more Audio

Richard  Francis is a taa moko artist, graphic artist, teacher, painter and carver who graduated from the Māori visual arts and design school Toihoukura in 1995. Read more Audio

Te Ahi Kaa marks the 40th anniversary of the land occupation with a 1978 radio programme hosted by pioneering Māori broadcaster Whai Ngata. Read more Audio

After losing his teenage son to cancer, Tauranga tattoo artist and teacher Stu McDonald is convinced taa moko [traditional Māori tattoo] can play a role in healing emotional pain. Read more Audio

A new card game designed to help people learn and pronounce te reo place names lands in New Zealand schools and workplaces in the coming weeks.Creator Tommy Kapai Wilson hopes it will help normalise… Read more Audio

Nichola Te Kiri incorporates Māori symbols and stories into the designs of capes, jewellery and lamps for her brand Nichola. She tells Justine Murray about leaving her day job to pursue her design… Read more Audio, Gallery

Lee Tane and his wife Trina create a range of native plant-based skincare products which harness the power of rongoā (traditional Māori medicine). Te Ahi Kaa visits their whānau kitchen, aka the NOA… Read more Audio

When Ra Mead was a police officer, her colleagues used to wonder why she stayed in the force when her 'side hustle' selling secondhand clothes online was more profitable. Today she runs a vintage… Read more Audio

Free-spirited tattoo artist Pip Hartley tells Justine Murray how her lifelong passion for the arts led to a career in traditional Māori tattooing. Read more Audio

Taa Moko artist Julie Paama Pengelly talks about  the challenges she's faced in a male-dominated industry and why she doesn't believe in Kirituhi - the practice of non-traditional taa moko. Read more Audio