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NZ Herald
3 days ago
- Sport
- NZ Herald
New Zealand Rugby board visits Heartland unions in Gisborne and Ruatōria
New Zealand Rugby board members enjoyed glorious weather for their visit to Gisborne and trip to Ruatōria for the Ngāti Porou East Coast-Poverty Bay derby. Pictured are (from left) Marise James, Doug Jones (of Gisborne), Julia Raue, 132-test All Black Keven Mealamu, Catherine Savage, Caren Rangi, Grant Jarrold, 1987 Rugby World Cup-winning skipper and board chair David Kirk, Gisborne-born, eight-test All Black Matthew Cooper and New Zealand Rugby president Greg Barclay (of Gisborne). Photo / Paul Rickard The new board of New Zealand Rugby may be dominated by metropolitan residents and a Sydney-based chairman, but the board members valued the opportunity to experience the culture of Heartland rugby in Poverty Bay and East Coast over King's birthday weekend. A large New Zealand Rugby (NZR) entourage
Scoop
30-05-2025
- Health
- Scoop
Can We Buy Time To Save Our Native Trees?
Press Release – University of Auckland Three documentaries exploring myrtle rust and kauri dieback disease will be screened at an Eco Film Festival in Auckland on 7 June. Myrtle rust poses a risk of wiping out New Zealand's Christmas tree, the pōhutukawa, and could harm manuka honey production, says Dr Mark Harvey from the University of Auckland. 'It's destroying whole forest areas and causing a decline in native insects and birds that rely on those habitats,' says Harvey. He's a senior lecturer in Te Putahi Mātauranga (Faculty of Arts and Education), and with Marie McEntee and Natasha Matamua-Tassell, was co-lead of Mobilising for Action in the National Science Challenge, a programme which funded artistic research into the threats posed by myrtle rust and kauri dieback. Harvey will introduce three documentaries created through the programme at a free Eco Film Festival at Auckland's Academy Cinemas on 7 June. He hopes the film screening might inspire people to take actions that 'buy time' for kauri and native myrtles to adapt, or for the development of treatments for kauri dieback and myrtle rust. The fungal pathogen myrtle rust was first spotted in Aotearoa in 2017 and has quickly spread through the North Island and parts of the South Island, says Harvey. The short documentary, Mate Tipu, Mate Rākau (2021), produced and directed by videographer Fiona Apanui-Kupenga (Ngāti Porou), zooms in on the threat myrtle rust poses to our 15 native myrtle species. The small native tree, ramarama, has already disappeared from the East Coast of the North Island, Department of Conservation ranger Graeme Atkins (Ngāti Porou, Rongomaiwahine), reveals in the film. 'Rōhutu and maire tawake are two other native myrtle species that are getting hammered by myrtle rust, so we're at risk of losing them. 'Our iconic pōhutukawa trees and manuka can be attacked too and that puts the manuka honey industry at risk,' says Harvey. With his collaborators he commissioned the short film Saving Our Myrtles (2024), produced by Apanui-Kupenga and directed by Kaea Hills. It focuses on an East Coast community myrtle rust surveillance project – Te Whakapae Ururoa. 'They're telling their success story and how it has mobilised them,' says Harvey. Re: news produced The fight to save our kauri with mātauranga Māori (2021), a short film exploring Māori solutions for kauri dieback disease in the Waitākere ranges in West Auckland. A rāhui imposed to close tracks with infected kauri has proved effective at stopping the disease from spreading in those areas, says Harvey. 'Pseudo-science has been circulating and some local people have been resisting the rāhui and refusing to clean their shoes, which is sad because it's working,' he says. Since kauri dieback was first found in New Zealand in the 1970s, it has killed about 11 percent of the giant native trees. Humans are the main vector spreading the disease, with approximately 71 percent of kauri dieback zones within 50 metres of a track in the Waitakere ranges, says Harvey. He hopes the films featured in the festival will raise awareness of the problems and the urgent need for more government funding for research that might help save New Zealand's native trees. The three documentaries highlight the importance of Māori voices in decision-making on environmental challenges, Harvey says. 'We can't ignore Māori voices. We're seeing successful solutions from combining mātauranga Māori and western science.' People can help prevent the spread of kauri dieback by respecting the rāhui, fencing off kauri on private properties, getting sick trees checked by Auckland Council, and bringing in experts to treat kauri dieback with phosphite injections. Recording sightings of myrtle rust on the iNaturalist app helps to map its spread. 'Lillypilly is an exotic myrtle and a super-spreader of myrtle rust, so it's wise to get rid of it,' says Harvey. Organised by the University of Auckland's Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society – Ngā Ara Whetū, the free Eco Film Festival is at Academy Cinemas in Auckland on 7 June. It features Aotearoa and Pacific films Mate Tipu, Mate Rākau, Saving Our Myrtles, Journey for Justice, and Seasick, at 11am; Thank you for the Rain at 1.30 pm; and Climate Refugees at 3.30pm. Register here.
Scoop
30-05-2025
- Science
- Scoop
Can We Buy Time To Save Our Native Trees?
Three documentaries exploring myrtle rust and kauri dieback disease will be screened at an Eco Film Festival in Auckland on 7 June. Myrtle rust poses a risk of wiping out New Zealand's Christmas tree, the pōhutukawa, and could harm manuka honey production, says Dr Mark Harvey from the University of Auckland. 'It's destroying whole forest areas and causing a decline in native insects and birds that rely on those habitats,' says Harvey. He's a senior lecturer in Te Putahi Mātauranga (Faculty of Arts and Education), and with Marie McEntee and Natasha Matamua-Tassell, was co-lead of Mobilising for Action in the National Science Challenge, a programme which funded artistic research into the threats posed by myrtle rust and kauri dieback. Harvey will introduce three documentaries created through the programme at a free Eco Film Festival at Auckland's Academy Cinemas on 7 June. He hopes the film screening might inspire people to take actions that 'buy time' for kauri and native myrtles to adapt, or for the development of treatments for kauri dieback and myrtle rust. The fungal pathogen myrtle rust was first spotted in Aotearoa in 2017 and has quickly spread through the North Island and parts of the South Island, says Harvey. The short documentary, Mate Tipu, Mate Rākau (2021), produced and directed by videographer Fiona Apanui-Kupenga (Ngāti Porou), zooms in on the threat myrtle rust poses to our 15 native myrtle species. The small native tree, ramarama, has already disappeared from the East Coast of the North Island, Department of Conservation ranger Graeme Atkins (Ngāti Porou, Rongomaiwahine), reveals in the film. 'Rōhutu and maire tawake are two other native myrtle species that are getting hammered by myrtle rust, so we're at risk of losing them. 'Our iconic pōhutukawa trees and manuka can be attacked too and that puts the manuka honey industry at risk,' says Harvey. With his collaborators he commissioned the short film Saving Our Myrtles (2024), produced by Apanui-Kupenga and directed by Kaea Hills. It focuses on an East Coast community myrtle rust surveillance project - Te Whakapae Ururoa. 'They're telling their success story and how it has mobilised them,' says Harvey. Re: news produced The fight to save our kauri with mātauranga Māori (2021), a short film exploring Māori solutions for kauri dieback disease in the Waitākere ranges in West Auckland. A rāhui imposed to close tracks with infected kauri has proved effective at stopping the disease from spreading in those areas, says Harvey. 'Pseudo-science has been circulating and some local people have been resisting the rāhui and refusing to clean their shoes, which is sad because it's working,' he says. Since kauri dieback was first found in New Zealand in the 1970s, it has killed about 11 percent of the giant native trees. Humans are the main vector spreading the disease, with approximately 71 percent of kauri dieback zones within 50 metres of a track in the Waitakere ranges, says Harvey. He hopes the films featured in the festival will raise awareness of the problems and the urgent need for more government funding for research that might help save New Zealand's native trees. The three documentaries highlight the importance of Māori voices in decision-making on environmental challenges, Harvey says. 'We can't ignore Māori voices. We're seeing successful solutions from combining mātauranga Māori and western science.' People can help prevent the spread of kauri dieback by respecting the rāhui, fencing off kauri on private properties, getting sick trees checked by Auckland Council, and bringing in experts to treat kauri dieback with phosphite injections. Recording sightings of myrtle rust on the iNaturalist app helps to map its spread. 'Lillypilly is an exotic myrtle and a super-spreader of myrtle rust, so it's wise to get rid of it,' says Harvey. Organised by the University of Auckland's Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society – Ngā Ara Whetū, the free Eco Film Festival is at Academy Cinemas in Auckland on 7 June. It features Aotearoa and Pacific films Mate Tipu, Mate Rākau, Saving Our Myrtles, Journey for Justice, and Seasick, at 11am; Thank you for the Rain at 1.30 pm; and Climate Refugees at 3.30pm. Register here.
Scoop
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Celebrate Matariki With 'Matariki Mā Puanga' Live From Ohakune
LIVE from Tirorangi Marae in Ohakune on Friday June 20, as they lead a powerful celebration of one of Aotearoa's most significant cultural holidays - Matariki. Now in its fourth year, the prestigious LIVE broadcast is embraced and celebrated across multiple networks and media outlets across Aotearoa. This year, Matariki mā Puanga (previously broadcast with the title Mānawatia a Matariki) begins at 5.45am with the traditional hautapu ceremony, honouring ancient customs and ushering in the Māori New Year. This year's theme recognises the sacred relationship between the stars Matariki (Pleiades) and Puanga (Rigel), both of which rise in Aotearoa's eastern sky before dawn during the winter season. As Professor Rangiānehu (Rangi) Mātāmua (Tūhoe) ONZM explains: 'Some iwi and regions look to Puanga rather than Matariki as the primary marker of the New Year. This year, we're broadcasting from Ohakune, in the shadow of Ruapehu, and for the iwi of Ngāti Rangi, Puanga holds special significance. It felt right to acknowledge that in the title of this year's broadcast. Matariki mā Puanga is a reminder that despite our diverse origins and practices, this celebration brings us together—to reflect, to renew, and to celebrate what unites us.' Over more than three hours, the broadcast will help New Zealanders understand the cultural history and importance of Matariki, and weave together stories of remembrance, renewal, and joy. There will be regional reports from Wairoa to Tāmaki Makaurau, and beyond, and a very special LIVE Kapa Haka performance Te Kura Nui o Paerangi at Tirorangi. Adding youthful energy and insight is te reo champion and social media star Te Aorere Pewhairangi (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a Ruataupare), reporting from the field. Audiences will be uplifted by powerful musical performances from across the motu, including: MOHI (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa) – award-winning neo-soul singer-songwriter. The iconic Te Reo o Te Arepa Ratana Morehu Silver Band (RMSB) (Te iwi Morehu). Seth Haapu (Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Porou) – acclaimed Pacific soul artist and musical collaborator who has worked with some of New Zealand's most beloved musical acts including Stan Walker, Tami Neilson, Maisey Rika, Sons of Zion, TEEKS and more! Dynamic emerging artist AJA (Ngāti Raukawa, Āti Awa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Porou). Matariki mā Puanga is more than a broadcast—it's a heartfelt invitation for all of Aotearoa to embrace our stories, honour our traditions, and create new ones together. Join the celebration on Friday 20 June, from 5.45am on Whakaata Māori TVNZ 1, TVNZ+, Sky Open, PasifikaTV, Stuff, RNZ and Iwi radio.
NZ Herald
23-05-2025
- Business
- NZ Herald
Tairāwhiti's Leo Warid named CPA Australia Fellow
'It acknowledges years of commitment to the accounting profession, but more importantly, it's a reminder of the trust our peers place in us to lead with integrity, uphold high standards and nurture the next generation of professionals.' He was the only finance professional from Tairāwhiti to be recognised at the ceremony. 'Being there as the CFO [chief financial officer] for Ngāti Porou, and the only recipient from Te Tairāwhiti receiving the Fellowship tohu, made the moment even more meaningful.' Warid is proud of his accountancy career journey. 'It began in Fiji with KPMG, where I worked as an external auditor and developed a solid professional foundation. In October 2017, I moved to Tūranganui-a-Kiwa and joined Ngāi Tāmanuhiri. 'A year later, I was honoured to take up a role at Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou as group finance manager and later stepped into my current position as CFO and general manager of corporate shared services. Every chapter has taught me something new and allowed me to serve with purpose.' Warid has been in Gisborne for seven years and his role for six years. 'Gisborne is a remarkable place – resilient, rich in culture, and full of promise. Working for one of the largest iwi in Aotearoa gives me a strong sense of belonging. It's deeply fulfilling to contribute to the aspirations of a community that has faced immense challenges, especially after Cyclone Gabrielle.' He said Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou and the local Fiji Indian community have supported him, even when his family experienced tragedy with the sad loss of son Nathan in 2022. 'When we lost our baby son Nathan, my whānau came close to returning to Fiji. That period tested us in every way. If it hadn't been for the unwavering support from the team at Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou, the Gisborne Fijian Indian community, and dear friends we've made along the way, we might not be here today. Their care gave us strength to stay, to heal, and to continue.' He said all rangatahi could consider accountancy as a career. 'Accounting is far more than numbers – it's about ethics, leadership, and service. To rangatahi in Gisborne, around Aotearoa, or anywhere in the world: believe in yourself. Your background, your story, your values – they are your strengths. 'Stay curious, stay grounded, and stay open to learning. Seek out mentors who uplift you and never compromise your integrity.' He said the profession needed 'thoughtful, courageous, and compassionate leaders'.
