Wide ranging discussions starting on Rongoa Maori, native plant medicine, and moving outward from there.
Latest episodes
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38 min
Matariki with Ngaronoa Renata
The first Matariki public holiday is happening this Friday so we talk about the celebration's relevance in modern times
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46 min
Ngaranoa Renata - Matariki music
It's NZ Music Month and Matariki is on the way so we do something different this week and look at music written specifically about Matariki as part of a Rangatahi Music competition…
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34 min
Kairongoa with Ngaranoa Renata
Matariki is on the way so we look at what it means and how our worldview is affected by having winter celebrations in the summer and look from there to the difference between the w…
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32 min
Rangatira - Elders - Old People
Each term has different connotations and implications about how people are treated. Ngaronoa talks about this before looking at the medicinal properties of Nikau and Tupakihi
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22 min
Te Ngahuru - Autumn Time
Today we talk about Poutū-te-rangi - March and Te Ngahuru - Autumn. How to know when the new season has arrived and a bit about planting at this time of year
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33 min
Indigenous Botany
Ngaronoa takes us on a journey on how indigenous science works and the implications for learning and the different mindset that arises from the learning experience
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26 min
Kairongoa - Harakeke & Fire-Bearing Fungi
Ngaranoa tells us about the traditional method of transporting fire from place to place in pre-european times plus gives us the good oil on how to care for our harakeke
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39 min
How We Use The Word Drug
In a very wide ranging discussion Ngaronoa Renata and Aaron talk about how the modern meaning of the word drug and its implications for non mainstream medicine - such as the native…