
Tāiki E!
It’s a Tāiki e! podcast! And, in terms of the flavour of the house, it’s organic, it’s evolving, it’s experimental… It’s where we come together to share stories that deserve to be heard about the changemakers and doers who are making positive impacts in our community.
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Episodes

Māori in Tech with Dr. Warren Williams
Kia ora e te iwi! For the final episode of season 1 of our podcast, we bring a great guest and a very loving korero. Dr. Warren Williams, native from Te Tairāwhiti, has been on an exploratory mission for the past few decades of his life, looking for the answer of his question : How can we get more Māori representation in the Tech Industry in Aotearoa, especially in the management and governance roles? His seeking has led him to pursue and attain a PhD researching this same issue. He’s also looking to fulfill a role in our region that will allow him to put the understanding he’s achieved to the service of our whānau and generate an impact. We’re lucky to have the opportunity to share this korero and hear his whakaaro regarding Māori in Tech. Whakarongo mai!

Maunga to Moana & Ngāti Fest 2021: Whānau, Whenua, Manaaki
Today we are happy to share our last episode of this first season of the Tāiki e! Podcast. We are happy to share the recordings from our experience up in Ruatorea this year, supporting and participating in Maunga to Moana and Ngāti Fest 2021. Two great kaupapa led by whānau from Ngāti Porou and around the East Cape rohe. Whānau from all over come to both enjoy and share manaaki in the Ngāti Fest, a great showcase of coasty cuisine and hospitality, and take on the challenge of climbing Hikurangi Maunga in a race that is more about the experience of the whenua than making it first to the finish line. We hope you can tell from the korero how beautiful and enjoyable this experience is, and come to join us next year. Whakarongo mai!

Data for us, not about us with Ngāpera Riley from Figure.nz
Kia ora e te iwi! We’re back with another great episode, this time dedicated to access to information. Ngāpera Riley, from figure.nz, joins us to talk about the labour the team she is part of has been undertaking for the last few years, the principles that drive them and what they are looking to achieve. Access to information can make a real difference when it comes to how we see ourselves and our communities, with bigger access to data comes a closer relationship with our truth as individuals and whānau. Whakarongo mai!

At the Service of Future Generations with Kendall Flutey from Banqer
Kia ora e te iwi! Our guest this week is coming out of Ōtautahi with one of those kaupapa that fill our hearts with aroha, Kendall Flutey is an entrepreneuse, tech innovator and educator, who has dedicated the last few years to create a tech based educational tool to empower future generations with financial literacy skills and the ability to be self-reliant on their pathway towards financial independence and stability. With a story of brave risk-taking and growth, her inspiration for starting this kaupapa is close to home. With a korero like this, we are happy to say: whakarongo mai!

Whare Hauora Tangata Hauora with Hiria Te Rangi
Kia ora e te iwi! We are pleased to invite you to join us today in this korero that touches on a topic important for all. Hiria Te Rangi, an amazing innovator with 20 years of experience in the tech space. Through her love of technology and her keen eye for problem solving, she has become part of an initiative that wants to provide a tool that can have an immense impact in our everyday lives. Her work with Whare Hauora has created a sensor that can tell you with very little trouble if your house is an averse factor for your health and that of your whānau, taking into account factors such as humidity, temperature and dew point, which are key indicators towards the development of respiratory illness. The knowledge of how many of our whānau fall victim to this type of illness is all the fuel she needs in order to tenaciously pursue her work on this kaupapa, and overcome the many challenges that come about in getting it in every home in Aotearoa, if that’s what it takes to take responsability for the health of our whānau.

100 days of Steph Barnett
Kia ora e te iwi! One of our beloved whānau members is joining our korero today, and her name is Steph. Heart-first into the world, her words speak of compassion and deep understanding and care for other people’s lives and painful experiences. This rare attitude (and aptitude) has informed her experience of life and shown her to the doors of her current place in the world. A full time artist and rangatahi wellness facilitator, she comes today to walk us through how she got to where she is and the direction she’s facing towards. Whakarongo mai!

Jobloads, from Idea to Startup with Candice Pardy

Innate Innovators with Dougal Stott

Ko Māui Hangarau

The Magick of Resilience with Sasha Lockley
Kia ora e te whānau! Welcome back to our podcast! We have a visitor this week that, having come to our beautiful Te Tairāwhiti, has fallen in love with the courage and the resilience of our whānau. Sasha Lockley’s story is one of overcoming great obstacles, of growing and evolving into something bigger that can serve and support others. She sees the endurance of hardship as the origin of an endless source of power from which we draw to get up over and over until we rise above our biggest fears and challenges. This secret power lies within every one of us, and grows beyond our wildest dreams when we share it and build it up with each other. Nau mai, haere mai, whakarongo mai!

Growing together with Emelie Verseput
Kia ora whānau! Welcome to another episode of our Tāiki e! Podcast, today we are joined by Emelie Verseput, a young wahine who has chosen to dedicate her time and energy to empowering her community in Tauranga Moana by creating resources and pathways to facilitate and support entrepreneurship/kaupapa in response to community needs. Emelie has had the fortune to find herself surrounded by passionate people like herself that have a wealth of experience in this field, creating a fertile ground for her to grow and feel embraced in her journey of becoming her best self. We had the blessing to spend some time with her while she was in Turanga, and these are the words that she left to mark our experience together. May her message find you all in good health.

Taputapu, Pakihi Māori with Nikki Kennedy
Kia ora e te whānau! Our guest this week is Nikki Kennedy, founder of Taputapu, a pakihi that sells homewares, utensils and picnic articles all with kupu māori as part of their design. Nikki has found an interesting way to put Te Reo Māori in front of everyone through her products and expand her experience of entrepreneurship, overcoming the whakamā of putting herself out there and believing in her potential. A great korero that brings us along in a journey of growth and passion.

The importance of Storytelling with Sarah Cleave from Gizzy Local
Welcome back! In this week’s episode we’re joined by Sarah Cleave, a great storyteller who has found her home right here in our Te Tairāwhiti community. Hers is a journey of connection and dedication to service, particularly through rescuing and sharing those little big moments of interpersonal connection that open a door to look inside someone else’s path through life and how they experience the world. We’re very happy to share her impactful story and her kaupapa as part of Gizzy Local. Thanks for listening!

The Future of Work in Te Tairāwhiti with Phil Kupenga
This week we are joined by Phil Kupenga, a local boy (his words) that has been exploring the possibilties for future work in our rohe, based on his journey of navigating the different paths of employment and the experiences this has brought throughout his life. 20 years after leaving Te Tairāwhiti for the first time, his kaupapa is all about realising the potential our people hold. With the reality that Covid-19 and the Lockdown measures have brought about, it’s clear to him that our rohe should be utilising the wide span of possibilities provided by Tech and Innovation. All we got to do is begin. Thanks for joining us again this week!

Regenerating our Beautiful Reo Māori

Riposte App with Debs and Seda

Adel Salmanzadeh in Toi Rito
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Gratitude with Meredith Akuhata-Brown
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Fish Bowl with Healthy Families East Cape
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Sun Upcycle: Building community through sharing kai
Kia ora whānau! Today we are joined by a group of rangatahi entrepeneurs that have taken the decision to make their impact the measure of their success. Sun Upcycle is a kaupapa that looks to bring their community access to food that would otherwise go to waste through placing pataka kai throughout Turanganui-a-Kiwa / Gisborne. Their mission is to help alleviate suffering and their vision is to do it through enabling access to kai. You can find more about their journey on www.facebook.com/sunupcycle.

Keelan Poi, Kaupapa Before Pūtea
We are joined today by our brother Keelan Poi, entrepreneur and leader of many an awesome kaupapa. His story is one of seeing crisis as opportunity and challenges as chances to increase resilience. Come with us as we listen to his inspiring korero.

Lightbulb! with Annie, Mariska and Monica
Lightbulb is a free community-led initiative designed to educate, engage and inspire entrepreneurs and changemakers from around the Tairāwhiti. A Lightbulb event utilises the power of the collective to support those in our community by empowering them with the tools and resources to break down barriers that stand in the way of starting and growing their kaupapa. This episode we’re sitting down with Mariska, Annie and Monica, presenters from our previous Lightbulb events, to share their experience and some of the tremendous impact that has been generated as a result.

Tāiki e! Origins
Every story has a beginning, and so does Tāiki e! Join us today as we explore the mysterious circumstances that bred this wonderful space of becoming. We send this message with love, hoping that it inspires many to find their tribe, support each other and believe in their cause, to bring forth meaningful change in our communities and our world. Whano, whano! Haramai te toki! Haumi e! Hui e! Tāiki e!

Intro – Haumi e, hui e, Tāiki e!
Kia ora koutou! Today we have the immense joy of sharing the introduction to our podcast and our kaupapa. We want to tell you a bit about who we are and what we do, and invite you to join us in this space, where we will be bringing you along in our journey of turning passion into purpose into impact. Tune in every week to hear the stories of those who commit to making a change in our region through innovative, courageous and loving action.