Presented by Hēnare te Ua and Libby Hakaraia from the Radio New Zealand Studios, Auckland, on National Radio.
Greetings / Prog wrap
Music : Mahia Blackmore - 'Little Tui'
Tape interview : PAUL WHITE.
The terms of settlement between the Crown and Ngai Tahu were announced last week and has been given prominent media coverage. Members of Ngai Tahu are now being polled to for their mandate.
Paul White is the recently appointed General Manager of the Ngai Tahu Development Corporation which is charged with the delivering social benefits and services to Ngai Tahu's trading activities. A graduate in architecture, he's completed a post graduate management diploma and specialist management training courses including one at Britain's Henley Management College and a second through Harvard University in the USA. Tribally from the Northern Tribes, Paul came to Ngai Tahu after 15 years of public and private sector work in the north, most recently as Northern Regional Director of Te Puni Kokiri, Ministry of Māori Development. He joins us now...
Music : Maree Sheehan - 'To Be Free'
Festival of Dreaming : PATRICIA GRACE.
Crowds have been flocking to the first of the Olympic Arts Festivals, 'The Festival of Dreaming', to see over 120 performances of theatre, dance and music at 25 venues as well as galleries showcasing indigenous art - throughout Sydney, Australia.
Films such as Ngāti, Once Were Warriors, Broken English and Thunderbox - and archival taonga such as Hei Tiki are included in the film programme - while writers, Keri Hulme, Briar Grace-Smith and Patricia Grace have taken part in the paper-back programme. Libby caught up with Patricia Grace - Ngāti Raukawa / Ngāti Toa / Te Ati Awa - who had taken part in a panel discussion about 'Whether oral story-telling was under threat'.
Festival of Dreaming : GEORGE LANA-KILA-KEKIA-HIALI-I-NAOPE.
Uncle George from Hawaii at an event at The Festival of Dreaming to bring together Aboriginal and Hawaiian Elders to share ancient wisdom and spiritual knowledge.
70 year-old George is a teacher of ancient hula and chants which is the traditional way Island history and knowledge is passed on. This teaching was threatened when missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands introduced Christianity and stamped out the old religion and its practices including the Hula. Libby spoke to Uncle George.
Music : Temuera Morrison and Rena Owen - 'Here is My Heart'
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