Hirini Kaa

E Hika Ep6 Liz Harte Mana, Tapu and our Tamaiti

This episode on @EHika: Liz Harte (Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi)) innovator, social entrepreneur and whānau transformer talks on parenting, colonisation and the revival of traditional child-rearing practices.

E Hika Ep5 Rev Dr Garry Deverell Indigenous Spirituality and Survival

This episode on @EHika: Reverend Dr Garry Worete Deverell (Trawlwoolway mob) scholar, academic, indigenous activist talks on the survival of his people on Lutruwita (Tasmania) and the thriving of their...

Media: Radio Ngati Porou Leadership

Our Kaiwhakatō (Director) Dr Hirini Kaa was interviewed on Radio Ngati Porou regarding leadership, climate and how we can address the challenges ahead of us through leadership development Dr Hirini...

Media: Tikanga and Waitangi

Our Kaiwhakatō (Director) Dr Hirini Kaa has a new piece in the Spinoff around Waitangi and the emerging place of tikanga in our society.

E Hika Ep4 Aroha Harris Te Tiriti 2040

This episode on E Hika: Associate Professor Aroha Harris, recently retired Tribunal member, Academic, wahine toa, talks on the future of Te Tiriti o Waitangi #EHika #TeTiriti.

E Hika Ep3 George Armstrong “A Civil War of the Spirit”

E Hika – both a mild exclamation of surprise, dismay or irritation, and in the eastern dialect a word for friend.   This podcast lives in that tension.

E Hika Ep1 Anton Blank

E Hika – both a mild exclamation of surprise, dismay or irritation, and in the eastern dialect a word for friend.   This podcast lives in that tension.

Media: Mātauranga will never die!

Our Kaiwhakatō (Director) Dr Hirini Kaa has a new piece in the Spinoff asserting that Mātauranga is here to stay.

Research: Kaupapa Frameworks Values and Ethics in the Organisation

Kaupapa Frameworks are the essential guiding architecture for everything from whānau through to schools through to organisations through to the planet.

Review: Cross Party Lines Podcast

What’s it called? Cross Party Lines Where’s the name from? This is a new political podcast with Phil Goff from the nominal left and Chris Finlayson from the nominal right....

Shorts: Monuments and Memory

@drhirini What The Acutal Historical! Four streets near my place in Onehunga.

Review: Brené Brown Strong Ground

What’s it called? Strong Ground: Lessons from Daring Leadership, The Tenacity of Paradox, and The Wisdom of the Human Spirit Where’s the name from? Well seeing the title is almost...

Research: Te Kākano The Seed of Leadership

Te Kākano Leadership Institute Kaiwhakatō (Director) Dr Hirini Kaa shares his understanding of the image of the Kākano (seed) and its meaning for leadership.

Shorts: Leadership, Values, Power and Te Pāti Māori

@drhirini Current events in TPM are former about leadership, values and power.

Top 5: Lessons in Leadership from the Queen’s Speech at Koroneihana 2025

Te Kuini Ngawai hono i te po offered a striking critique of this government and a solution: ‘Kua ki te urupa o tenei kawanatanga I te kaupapa Maori’ the graveyard...

Media: Is Kotahitanga Overrated?

Our Kaiwhakatō (Director) Dr Hirini Kaa recently published a piece in the Spinoff questioning the place of kotahitanga in Te Ao Māori.

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