How non-Māori students play a part in te reo revitalisationIf we want to meet the goal of one million speakers by 2040, it’s going to take a team effort.By Charlotte Muru-Lanning | 23rd February, 2021Contributing writer
Why te Tiriti should place a limit on the supremacy of parliamentAn alternative to NZ’s constitutional framework would give Te Tiriti o Waitangi the mana it deserves and Māori a meaningful seat at the table. By Jacinta Ruru and Jacobi Kohu-Morris | 2nd February, 2021Guest writer
The history of the n-word in New ZealandContinuing to display memorabilia emblazoned with the racial slur is choosing to ignore the history of the word, its racialised meanings and connection to slavery and white supremacy.By Lachy Paterson | 16th January, 2021Guest writer
Language, and more: The challenges for kura Māori students arriving at universityRaiha Cook had visited the University of Otago before she left home to study there, but she wasn't ready for the culture shock of her first year.By Alice Webb-Liddall | 25th November, 2020Staff writer
OpinionBicultural, bilingual, bijural: A plan for a new model of legal education in AotearoaIt is time to integrate tikanga Māori into law school's to create a bijural, bicultural, bilingual legal system, writes University of Otago's Professor Jacinta Ruru.By Jacinta Ruru | 21st October, 2020Guest writer
Systemic barriers are keeping Māori with eating disorders from treatmentSystemic gaps in the health system mean it’s much harder for Māori with eating disorders to access support.By Alice Webb-Liddall | 15th October, 2020Staff writer
For 40 years, Oscar Temaru has protested the French presence in the PacificThe Tahitian leader has refused to stop fighting against nuclear testing and its effects on his people. New Zealanders must continue to do the same writes Jenny Te Paa-Daniels.By Jenny Te Paa-Daniel | 1st September, 2020Guest writer
Covid-19 exposed equity issues for Māori, and now is the perfect time to fix themDo people of different socio-economic backgrounds have the same ability to respond to pandemics like Covid-19?By Alice Webb-Liddall | 12th June, 2020Staff writer
Awakening the taniwha: Unleashing community potential from the rubble of Covid-19The unknown future provides a seedbed for creating new opportunity.By Merata Kawharu | 9th June, 2020Guest writer
Why more Māori professors are essential for Aotearoa’s universitiesThree newly appointed Māori professors at the University of Otago talk about why putting te ao Māori at the centre of their work is so important. By Simon Day | 1st April, 2020Commercial Editorial Director
Ngā manu ō Aotearoa: the shared history of birds in our Polynesian legendsThe birds of Polynesian legend are part of birth, death, and everything in between. Now, a PhD thesis from the University of Otago undertakes the first ever in-depth exploration into the manu of mythology.By Alice Webb-Liddall | 5th February, 2020Staff writer
A life together: The rise of cohousing, papakāinga and the ‘social mortgage’It's a way of living that is often mistaken for either a 'hippy commune' or a boarding house, but cohousing is slowly becoming a viable solution to New Zealand's growing housing needs. It's also a way of fighting the isolation and loneliness that is harming our collective wellbeing.By Leonie Hayden | 3rd December, 2019Ātea Editor
Celebrating Te Huka Mātauraka, a home away from home for Dunedin’s Māori studentsTe Huka Mātauraka, the University of Otago Māori Centre, celebrates its 30th birthday this year as a crucial part of life for the university's Māori students.By Alice Webb-Liddall | 7th November, 2019Staff writer
Corrections’ plan to use te ao Māori to reduce Māori incarceration ratesHōkai Rangi is a recently-released strategy aiming to drastically lower the ratio of Māori in prison in New Zealand, using Māori strategy to do so.By Alice Webb-Liddall | 11th September, 2019Staff writer
Te Rā the sail, last of its kindA team of University of Otago researchers and weavers will unlock the secrets of one of te ao Māori’s most precious taonga for the first time in more than 200 years.By Leonie Hayden | 31st August, 2019Ātea Editor
Creating a place for Māori in the University of Otago’s 150 year historyWhen the University of Otago was founded 150 years ago the interests of local Māori were disregarded. But in the last 50 years, engagement with tangata whenua has become an essential part of the university's identity.By Teuila Fuatai | 13th August, 2019Contributing writer
Maya meet Māori: the indigenous people learning from each other in AotearoaFour Mayan academics visited New Zealand to share their experiences of colonisation and spoke to The Spinoff about what indigenous people can learn from their shared experiences. By Alice Webb-Liddall | 9th July, 2019Staff writer
This is us – but it does not have to beSix days after the terror attack in Christchurch, the University of Otago launched its participation in the Give Nothing to Racism campaign. At the launch, Tuari Potiki spoke of the history of racism he, his whānau and marae have faced.By Tuari Potiki | 10th April, 2019Guest writer
What Cook missed when he landedThe current New Zealand innovator of the year is on a mission to sear the real story of New Zealand’s discovery into the minds of a generation of New Zealanders. By Duncan Greive | 10th March, 2019Managing Editor
One family, three generations of Māori doctorsJack Tapsell is the product of a family dedicated to the health and wellbeing of Māori. The most recent University of Otago medical graduate talks to Leonie Hayden about carrying on the legacy of his father and grandfather.By Leonie Hayden | 4th February, 2019Ātea Editor
