Before the questions are answered in this ep - we have a bonus wānanga on what makes a question a question and the different kinds of questions that are used in reo Māori. Other pātai prompts from listeners spark wānanga about Māori commerce, Polynesian grouping and tikanga around fishing.

The Taringa trio discuss the use of the term “me ... (insert word here)... ai koe”, dissecting the definition and applying it in different contexts. We also have another beautiful waiata by Tuari Brothers.

He aha te parekawakawa? He aha te tauā? He aha te tikanga o aua mea? This week we look at the significance of the mourning wreath as well as some tikanga pertaining to this tradition.

More summer jams - featuring our 'Waiata o te Wiki' tracks from Eps 233 — 240. Enjoy!

Track Listing;

00:00 - Taringa Are Are - Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (feat Big Hā & Annette Tūnoho)

03:00 - Ki ngā Taitamariki - Te Reotakiwa Dunn

05:33 - Whakarongo - Warren Maxwell

10:55 - Wairua Tapu - Te Reotakiwa Dunn

13:48 - He Putiputi Pai - Joe Mac

16:39 - Mīhini Ātea - Te Roopu Manutaki (ATMPAS - 1983)

19:32 - Haruru mai - Aotearoa

22:31 - Haruru ana - Aotearoa

25:13 - Rangiātea - Ranea Aperahama

A compilation of songs for you to jam to over the festive season, featuring our 'Waiata o te wiki' from Eps 224 — 232.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Taringa Are Are - Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (feat Big Hā & Annette Tūnoho)

03:00 - Ngā iwi o Muriwhenua - Muriwhenua Kapa Haka 1 at Te Rarawa Summit 2012

06:00 - Maranga Ake Ai - Aotearoa

09:24 - Pīki Whara - Panekeritanga group 2014

14:34 - Hiwa-i-te-rangi - Maisey Rika

18:33 - Taku manu mea - Te Rangiura o Wairarapa (2019 Matatini performance)

21:40 - Te Rina (Choral) - Ngāti Rangiwewehi - NZ Polynesian Festival 1981

24:33 - Tōku Wairua Tūturu Nei - Ranea Aperahama

28:29 - Whakaaria Mai - Maisey Rika

32:59 - Te Reo Hā - Te Reotakiwa Dunn

This episode features part one of the story "Witches", from the Pahi Kēhua series. This story inspires a spooky wānanga about urban legends, wairua, kēhua and how legends shape our understanding of history, with many spooky anecdotes along the way. To Listen to the second part of the Witches Story, go here

A startling revelation about the tikanga of the kupu Whaikōrero. This is an in depth kōrerorero about kupu etymology focussing on the word "whaikōrero", what people think it means, what it actually means, and how these meanings come to be.

The hosts dive into a fresh batch of listener pātai — from how to appropriately koha kai to a nearby marae, to the lingering mystery in the story of Reitū and Reipae, and finally a whakaaro about the kupu waka when used as a metaphor and how that affects its place within the ā/ō categories. Whakarongo mai as we unpack tikanga, pūrākau and reo nuances in true Taringa style.

Zaelene Maxwell-Butler phones in to chat with us about Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, an Iwi based in Maraetai, Te Waitematā and Tikapa Moana. Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki exercise mana whenua and mana moana interests across Auckland and the Hauraki Gulf. Whakarongo mai e te iwi - Tapuwae o Nuku, Tapuwae Ariki, Tapuwae o Tai.

The Taringa trio dive back into grammar land, having a wānanga about the particle "ai", this time giving examples of how it can be used with the agent-emphatic possessives "Nā, Nāu and Nāku".