The technology edition

Mōrena e te whānau,

Nau mai ki Te Arawhata - the hangarau/technology edition!

I tēnei wiki/This week we’ve got the podcast to help us all stretch our Māori email sign-off wings, a new atua/Māori god hitting the scene, and a fun wee te reo Māori wero/challenge.

But tuatahi/first, get ready to wow the group chat because kua tae te wā/it’s time for our news catch-up.

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Talk of the tāone

Your weekly round up of the arts, media, and events everybody’s talking about
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- Stuff is trialling AI to translate their stories into te reo Māori

- All parties handle an awkward moment gracefully as judges announce the wrong winner at Te Whanganui-a-Tara kapa haka regionals.

- ‘Spinal Destination’, a new tv series by Paula Whetu Jones about life with a spinal cord injury, is out.

- Māori singer Haanaa has released a new song, ‘Rongoa Tuku Iho’.

- Someone’s been selling paintings of Oriini Kaipara without her permission (again).

- ‘Code’ tv show comes back for a special reunion.

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Picks o te wiki

Our top 4 tech-inspired arts, media, and events

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#1 ‘WAKA’, a web series about the revival of waka building‍‍

Watching these teams turn full-blown rākau/trees into waka is one of the most amazing displays of ancient meets modern hangarau that this wood-work pleb has ever seen. Also—it’s full of rad tikanga, characters, and tūmanako/hope for the anamata/future.

_{‍Find it: on E-Tangata I Time: 6×15min episodes I Cost: free I Credits: produced by Tawera Productions in collaboration with E-Tangata and the New Zealand Herald as part of Tuia 250 & made with support from NZ On Air.}

#2 ‘Takuahiroa’, a digital motion graphic about whakapapa, connection, & ancient knowledge

Tuatahi/Firstly, we just thought the traditional motifs mixed with techy symbols in this video were tau kē/cool as all hell. When we settled in, we loved finding our own kōrero/stories in them (kind of like kapua/cloud watching). And when we finally read the whakamārama/explanation all about reconnection? The top picks deal was sealed.

‍‍_{Find it: on the Best Awards site or in the upcoming Takiwā Hou: Imagining New Spaces at the Malta Biennale exhibition if you’re in that neck of the woods I Time: 3mins 30secs I Cost: free online I Credits: Kaaterina Kerekere is the talented artist, here’s her website and instagram page.}

#3 ‘Waihiko’, a children’s book about a new atua connecting Māori to the digital realm

You’ve got to hear the backstory on this one. In a cyber bullying workshop the Ariki team realised that—even though we’ve always known it through nature—Māori have a bit of a whakapapa gap when it comes to electricity. They dreamed up this atua to help us to embrace and move forward in the technological world. Ka mua, ka muri, nē?!

_{Find it: in the Waihiko website shop I Time: 15mins I Cost: $40 or free for schools I Credits: published by Ariki Creative.}

#4 ‘He kupu whakatepe īmēra (email sign-offs)’ a podcast to help us branch out from ‘Ngā mihi’

Between us… more than once I’ve written an īmēra sign-off in te reo Māori, hovered my mouse above the ‘tukua’/’send’ button, then fully wussed out and deleted whatever I’d come up with to replace it with a nice safe, ‘Ngā mihi’. Never again! With signature kindness, the boys at Everyday Māori are here to tautoko/support us on the step up.

_{Find it: on Spotify or your fav podcast provider I Time: 12mins I Cost: free ICredits: The Everyday Māori podcast is hosted by Hēmi Kelly and Āpera Woodfine. Check out the facey group and instagram page.}

Feature o te wiki

‍A deep-dive on our kaupapa o te wiki

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- Wero o te wiki -

We use different hangarau ia rā/every day to work, play, read epic īmēra/emails about Māori culture 😉, and more—but do we know the kupu Māori for them?

Mōrena e te whānau, Grace here. This week I set a little office wero using Hemi Kelly’s video, ‘Kupu hangarau (Technology words)’ to test Lizzie on the roots and overall meanings of some handy kupu.

Check out her (mixed) results and play along below (scroll slowly to avoid seeing the answer straight away).

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1. Kaweoro

She got the meanings of kawe (carry) and oro (sound), put them together, ANNND…guessed radio.

A good try, but kāo/nope, 0 points for you e hoa.

Answer: Headphones (kawe/carry, oro/sound)

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2. Pae pāhopori

These were all new kupu for Lizzie so I had to give her the meaning of each. “Pae as in platform—yes, just like paepae, pāho for media, pori for society.”

“Ahhhh like ‘hapori’…” . She combines the kupu together and excitedly guesses… ‘Platform Media Society!’

Uh… āhua tika/correct… sort of…. More often referred to as….

Answer: Social media (pae/platform, pāho/media, pori/society)

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3. Rorohiko

She gets this one in a second. Tino kerēwa/very clever.

“Electric brain—I know it’s…”

Answer: Computer (roro/brain, hiko/electric)

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4. Huiata

“Careful meeting…?!” is the first guess.

Nōku te hē, that might have been my pronunciation, ‘āta’ means ‘gently, slowly, carefully’. I HELPFULLY say it again for her. And again.

Her final answer is, “You just looking at me saying the same word over and over is not working.”

Ooosh attitude, better move on.

Answer: Video meeting (hui/meeting, ata or ataata/video)

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5. Punua pāho

She’s confused on this one. “Why am I thinking source?”

My face must have contorted.

“No, not sauce!”

She's thinking of ‘puna’/a spring. When I tell her the answer, she realises she hears the kupu ‘īpāho’ at the start of ia ‘Everyday Māori’ podcast episode. Oops.

Answer: Podcast (punua/small, pāho/broadcasting)

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6. Paeāhua

Again my pronunciation may have something to do with the first guess. She answers “Good…. images.”

“We learned this general use for ‘pae’ earlier so…” I prompt her…“The place where you put ima—”

“Is it xxxxxxxxx?!”

“Āe, ka rawe!”

Answer: Instagram (pae/platform, āhua/image)

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7. Tukuoro

“To release sounds…a… sound releasing machine…?”

“That’s exactly right,” I say, but she’s still lost. “Tukuoro is the kupu for… “

Answer: Speaker (tuku/release, oro/sound)

8. Tiriata

I give her the meaning of ‘tiri’ and she pieces this one together.

“So now I've got that ‘ata’ is ‘video’…, is it xxxxxxx?”

“TIKA!” We’re on a roll.

Answer: YouTube (tiri/to distribute, ata/video)

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9. Hopuoro

“Catch… sound…—Shazam?!”

It’s a great guess, but he hē/mistake.

Answer: Microphone (hopu/capture, oro/sound)

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10. Pukamata

She says this one is familiar. She should have stopped there…

”I know ‘mata’ is ‘face’, but what’s ‘puka’?”

I glare because I know she knows this one.

“Ohhhhhh,” kua taka te kapa/she clicks and slaps a palm to the face exactly like the emoji.

Answer: Facebook (puka/book, mata/face)
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Final grade: A+++. The score is based on participation and that earlier attitude which has me nervous of giving a grade any lower.

Ka pai Lizzie and anyone else who had a guess.

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Catch ya next week e te whānau. Ngā mihi n—, JUST JOKES. Noho ora mai rā!

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