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In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori and the community. She is also a recipient of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993.
Te Waharoa is a pānui created by the Te Ao Mārama exec, showcasing positive stories from across the Māori oral health community. Central to this is our kaupapa ‘Hei oranga niho mo te iwi Māori’ – Good oral health for Māori, for life. The name 'Te Waharoa' was chosen to represent this pānui for two reasons. In te reo Māori, Te ...
When an orator rises to speak on a marae, he will often announce himself by saying: Tihē mauriora. Ki te whaiao, ki Te Ao Mārama. The breath, the energy of life. To the dawnlight, to the world of light. The words refer to a world constantly emerging from darkness into light.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of New Zealand, the UK and many other Commonwealth countries, has died at Balmoral, aged 96, having served as the U...
Story: Te Ao Mārama – the natural world. The natural world forms a cosmic family, in the traditional Māori view. The weather, birds, fish and trees, sun and moon are related to each other, and to the people of the land. Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal. Main image: Sunset at Te Kaha.
Te Ao Mārama is a part of the cosmological whakapapa that features in the creation story of Rangi and Papa in Maori mythology. It is the third and current phase of the creation of the world, after Te Kore and Te Pō.
As the sun rises each morning and sets each evening, the world follows a daily cycle of light (Te Ao) and darkness (Te Pō). Māori creation stories emphasise this movement from nothingness and darkness to the world of light – Te Ao Mārama.
