Origins Season 2 TVNZ+ 830pm tonight "The origins of Kūmara is the vehicle that takes us into islands like the Marquesas, Rapanui, Hawaii, and then across South America, from the high mountainous areas of Peru all the way to Aotearoa.” i.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/…

Ko te wā o inu kava ki Four Shells

Crimson Layne, Death Chemist and Dean Kalman at The Thirsty Dog last Saturday.

Different ways of using "waenga" to talk about "amongst", "in between", "in the middle" in te reo Māori stranded.io/2023/10/01/use…

Paeroa Wineera of Ngāti Raukawa was known as the last person who knew how to play traditional tunes on the kōauau. This interview in 1961 has two tunes she played. Mervyn McLean's book "Tō Tātuau Waka" has these tunes and the waiata it accompanied on CD. ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-col…

Kua hanga haere au i tētahi taonga puoro nā Tahiti. He Vivo. Ka whakatangihia te Vivo mā te hā ihu.

Kua tuhia tētahi whakairi e au, "Learning Māori through Reading" stranded.io/2023/12/01/lea…

Ka haere atu au ki Tonga āpōpō. Mēnā, e mōhio ana koe i ētahi mea ki te kite, whakapā mai! I’m flying to Tonga tomorrow, if you know of any things to see and do, let me know!

The online archive of the Journal of the Polynesian Society seems to be down. Is it temporary or permanent, does anyone know? jps.auckland.ac.nz

Anyone know who runs the He Pataka Kupu site, the monolingual Māori dictionary? I think the server needs a kick, it seems to be down. hepatakakupu.nz

I went to the Elementals event last night at Silo park. It was an amazing night of taonga puoro, singing, guitars, poetry,, lights and sound under the acoustics of the Silo. Last night tonight, come along and experience the environment. eventbrite.co.nz/e/elemental-ti…

It's Tongan Language Week this week in Aotearoa. Mālō e lelei ki he efiafi ni. Ko hoku hingoa twitter ko Stranded. 'Oku ou nofo 'i Nu'usila. 'Oku ou ako lea fakaTonga 'i MIT. Tau ako lea fakaTonga, Tau talanoa lea fakaTonga. mpp.govt.nz/programmes/pac…