The Māori in Me

By: NZ Herald
  • Summary

  • Growing up in Australia with a Danish father and a Māori-Pakeha mother, Myjanne Jensen always had this sense of not feeling Māori "enough". After moving back to Te Hiku o Te Ika – the Far North – in 2021, she started her journey of coming home and trying to better connect to her roots.

    Over seven episodes, Myjanne will kōrero with a number of incredible people about their own stories of what it means to be Māori, making that cultural connection, and the complexity of being mixed-race. All this with the hope of turning the conversation away from not "feeling enough" to instead, understanding how to connect with the Māoritanga already living inside you.

    New episodes every Tuesday and Friday.

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Episodes
  • Trailer
    Jul 7 2023

    Coming July 11th.

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    1 min
  • My Pūrākau - My Story
    Jul 10 2023

    Growing up in Australia with a Danish father and a Māori-Pakeha mother, Myjanne Jensen always had this sense of never being enough to call herself Māori. After moving to Te Hiku o Te Ika – the Far North – in 2021, she started a journey of coming home and trying to better connect to her roots.

    In this first episode of her journey to explore her roots, Myjanne starts it off by talking to her mother - mental health social worker, psychotherapist and proud wāhine Māori, Tania - to discuss her family's story.

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    27 mins
  • What does it mean to be Māori?
    Jul 10 2023

    hat's a question Myjanne has asked herself for much of her life, but how does one answer that? For this episode, she speaks to Māori cultural identity researcher, Ririwai Fox, about how his research has helped him explore this topic. She then has a kōrero with Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa Pou Arahi- General Manager for Culture and whānaunga, Raniera Kaio, for his advice regarding people on that journey coming home.

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    37 mins

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