Ngaronoa brings us Angi Angi, Rangiora and Mamaku to discuss their medicinal properties before reflecting on David Attenborough's new documentary Ocean and the importance of looking after Tangaroa and the Taiao

Ngaronoa visists us to talk about a few items from her medicine bag including Rangiora, Tarata (Lemonwood), Kanuka, Kumarahou and Mahoe.

Why was Matariki not part of Ngaronoa's childhood and when did she first discover this aspect of her culture. We hear about a recent Maori Puppetry event at the Meteor that Ngaronoa was involved in and about work she does translating poetry into Maori.

Before getting into the kairongoa Ngaronoa tells us about a vision for teaching te reo in the community.

Today we have look at Puha and also how we learn to like tastes at a young age - plus Ngaronoa addresses the situation with Seabed Mining being on the government's fast track to ecological disaster program.

Ngaronoa talks about traditional Maori medicine and how it relates to the glandular system of western medicine and also the chakra system of eastern medicine.

Ngaronoa plays traditional Maori music instruments from her personal collection and tells us about how they're made and about the ongoing work to revive both the instruments and music.

Ngaranoa's whanau are part of a group of families that share a piece of land to grow food collectively and it's harvest season. We also have a quick chat about Taonga Puoro and a Waiata Initiative that Ngaronoa has going at the Old School on Tuesday mornings at the moment.