Nau mai ki te pānui
o Ngā Taonga
Welcome to our newsletter In this edition we are proud to share our
Matariki programme for 2026, Matariki Herenga Waka – Matariki for Everyone,
which celebrates themes of unity and inclusion. We also commemorate 140 years
since the eruption of Mount Tarawera and explore the history of New Zealand
Listener magazine. Matariki
- Hunga Nui
Matariki - Ahunga Nui
Matariki - Manako Nui
Introducing our Matariki programme for 2026, Matariki Herenga Waka – Matariki for Everyone. This year, the
programme celebrates themes of unity and inclusion, depicting Aotearoa New
Zealand’s shared history through audiovisual material cared for by Ngā Taonga.
Each title adds to the story of who we are as a nation and where we’ve come
from.
The
programme this year is an abridged version of our longer programme Ngā Wai e Rua – Stories of Us. Tune in to Whakaata Māori for a special broadcast of this at 7.30pm on Sunday 12 July!
Matariki
Herenga Waka – Matariki for Everyone. He kaupapa rangatira tēnei mō te iti, mō te rahi, mō te katoa.
'Ki runga o Tarawera ka tātai poko, kahuwaia, kahuwaia, ka
reretia.'
This month we commemorated 140 years since the eruption of
Mount Tarawera in the rohe of Te Arawa. Written by Mātauranga Māori Outreach
Advisor Paora Sweeney, a descendant of the Rangitihi people of Te Arawa, this
blog explores audio recordings featuring the voices of those who lived through
the eruption. It speaks of the once thriving tourism economy of Te
Wairoa, and the profound impact the event has had on the region. The blog also
shares the story of Tūhoto Ariki, one of the last great tohunga of the old
world, whose life and legacy remain intertwined with the history of the
Tarawera eruption and the people who lived through it.
Koia nei he whakapapa kōrero he whenua kura o Rangitihi upoko
whakahirahira. He kaponga kōrero kia hoki mahara ki te pahū i utaina ki ngā
waru Pūmanawa o Te Arawa.
The first issue of New Zealand Listener magazine was published
on this day in 1939. Originally serving as the weekly Journal of the National
Broadcasting Service (NZBS), it grew to become an award-winning, household name
in New Zealand journalism.
In the online collection is a half-hour RNZ radio programme from 1979 exploring
the magazine’s storied and sometimes controversial history. You can listen to this
now via the button below and browse old issues of the magazine on the National
Library’s Papers
Past website. News briefs- Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Senior Mātauranga
Māori advisor Ayla Blair-Smith recently caught up with Waatea
News to talk about Te Tai Tokerau Northland – the brand-new section of the
Māori dialects collection He
Reo Rongomaiwhiti.
- To mark the anniversary of the start of the
Korean War (1950 – 1953), we revisit this
2020 story about our repatriation project with the Korean Film Archive.
IMAGE CREDITS
1) Ngā Taonga promotional hero image for Matariki Herenga Waka – Matariki for Everyone.
2) Blog hero image. Fishing for trout in Lake Tarawera, Rotorua. In the background is Mount Tarawera. Courtesy Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, AWNS-19360610-53-3.
3) Cover of the first issue of the New Zealand Listener, dated 30 June 1939. Are Media. |
