Paul Tapsell

Tēnā koutou katoa. New year, new hopes. First words to Uncle Bom of Ōhinemutu. Sole survivor of 28th Māori Battalion: “…I wonder if the world is really a better place for the cost of all our boys.” rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korih…

Tēnā koutou. Dare we imagine a future economy that is not only ecologically sustainable, but engages Kāinga (tangata, whenua, taonga) as a central pillar on which humanity’s 21st century well-being can again flourish? ngā mihi Kirihimete ki a koutou katoa bwb.co.nz/books/kainga/

Ngā mihi nui ki a Toi Moana (BOPRC) for providing a funding boost to two of BOP’s most vulnerable marae communities who are proactively seeking to tackle climate change impact before being engulfed by rising sea level. sunlive.co.nz/news/282838-fu…

Ka nui te mihi. RNZ’s Tom Kitchin shines light on healing role of tribal marae, reconnecting p-ravaged whānau to whakapapa & whenua: a proactive response to downstream colonial impact on hau kāinga nationwide.

New Tairāwhiti meth rehab problem getting results, locals say rnz.co.nz/national/programme…

Tēnā koutou katoa. Long silence while busy in engine room rebuilding Maorimaps.com We now on Mapbox platform, hosted by Orbica. Proud to be Māori & support homegrown NZ innovation! facebook.com/MaoriMaps/posts…

Ngā mihi nui. Will 2021 be the year local authorities finally hear pleas from our marae across NZ that our waterways are dying? That we dare not offer kai moana lest guests become sick? Our ability to manaaki has been undermined by decades of dirty farming i.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/1236…

The urge to return home and the connection to our land: Whenua - whakapapa - whānau | RNZ News rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korih…

Ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa. Deepening concern at lack of Treaty focused marae engagement by crown and its implications to Māori wellbeing. Team at Maorimaps very concerned. rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korih…

Ngā mihi ki a koutou. History repeats. Why we must look back to move forward. When young only our elders performed hongi. TB and Polio the threat. Tamāriki the future: too valuable to risk and kept away from tangi. Marae must put whakapapa 1st to survive. rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korih…

Tēnā koutou katoa. Māorimaps salutes Kingi Smelgar’s courageous leadership, and vision: addressing our out-of-control Māori recidivism through decolonisation with marae at centre. E te rangatira tēnā koe

Decolonising the justice system rnz.co.nz/national/programme…

Tēnā koutou katoa. 10 year anniversary of maorimaps.com. Successful nationwide launch yesterday of new map layer. We have visually linked remaining Maori owned land/Whenua to local tribal marae. Team already working on its second stage. Nga mihi waateanews.com/waateanews/x_…

Tēnā ra koutou. We have finally done it!!! MMaps gone live nationwide, connecting marae to nearby Māori land blocks and now just one click away from discovering all associated descendants. Finally, MMaps placing tangata back into their whenua (home soils).

Tēnā koutou: Once life blood of Ngatokowaru marae Hokio stream in crisis and no longer capable of supporting N’ Pareraukawa radionz.co.nz/national/progr…

Tēnā koutou katoa:. MMaps congratulates new Govt for placing attention on struggling tribal Marae. Been in crisis for decades. Recognition they are vital centres of hapu community identity (kainga) is vital step by crown to fulfilling Article II promise. scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1805/S…