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Māpuna for Saturday 16 July 2022

  • Anote Tong: The Pacific Islands Forum

    Pacific

    12:10 PM.After a big week at the Pacific Islands Forum Summit we speak to someone who's been in the game for decades, former president of Kiribati Anote Tong. The PIF was formed 51 years ago as independence… Read more Audio

  • Rob Thorne: Jazz, rock, reggae and taonga puoro

    music arts

    12:40 PM.Rob Thorne has spent more than twenty years as a noted taonga puoro practitioner, mentored by the likes of Hirni Melbourne and Richard Nunns. But his latest project is something of a coming together… Read more Audio

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  • Kath Wharton: Tai Tokerau rugby league

    sport

    12:50 PM.The best of Northland rugby league is on display this weekend, with a new competition hoping to get more kotiro and wahine playing the sport. In a region mad about the sport, it's the first… Read more Audio

  • Ngāti Rangiwewehe 1992

    12:56 PM.We end today's programme with some Te Arawa magic, what Julian Wilcox described as "the whakaeke that changed the game." It tells the story of Houmaitawhiti, father of Tamatekapua, the captain of the… Read more Audio

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Kiribati President Anote Tong (centre) listens to a speaker during the smaller island states leaders' meeting as part of the Pacific Islands Forum in Port Moresby.

Kiribati President Anote Tong (centre) listens to a speaker during the smaller island states leaders' meeting as part of the Pacific Islands Forum in Port Moresby. Photo: AFP

After a big week at the Pacific Islands Forum Summit we speak to someone who's been in the game for decades, former Kiribati president Anote Tong. The PIF was formed 51 years ago as independence swept through the region, and it's become the Pacific's key political gathering point. But is it living up to the promises and optimism of its early days? And with all the talk and attention on great power play in the region, what about the role of the big states Australia and New Zealand? Anote Tong discusses his decades of involvement with the regional body and whether it's doing enough to meet the challenges facing the people of Te Moana Nui-a-Kiwa. 

 

Classical On Cuba, Wellington, NZ, 26 May 2022. Photo credit: Stephen A’Court.

Taonga puoro practitioner Rob Thorne. Photo: Stephen A'Court / Classical on Cuba

Rob Thorne has spent more than twenty years as a noted taonga pūoro practitioner, mentored by the likes of Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns. But his latest project is something of a coming together of all his life's work. Ahead of the premiere of the project, Manawa, at Wellington's Classical on Cuba festival, Thorne tells us about taonga puoro, his reo journey and gives us a taster with a live performance in the RNZ studios. 

 

Peters Sisters Competition captains.

Peters Sisters Competition captains. Photo: Supplied

The best of Northland rugby league is on display this weekend, with a new competition hoping to get more kotiro and wāhine playing. In a region mad about the sport, it's the first wāhine-specific competition in more than 20 years - and they're going about things differently. It's a Māori-specific, whānau-specific approach they're taking and it's proving hugely popular. Kath Wharton, a former NRL, Māori All Star and Kiwi Fern international herself, joins us sideline from the Peters Sisters competition.