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Kia ora e te iwi! For the final episode of season 1 of our podcast, we bring a great guest and a very loving korero. Dr. Warren Williams, native from Te Tairāwhiti, has been on an exploratory mission for the past few decades of his life, looking for the answer of his question : How can we get more Māori representation in the Tech Industry in Aotearoa, especially in the management and governance roles? His seeking has led him to pursue and attain a PhD researching this same issue. He's also looking to fulfill a role in our region that will allow him to put the understanding he's achieved to the service of our whānau and generate an impact. We're lucky to have the opportunity to share this korero and hear his whakaaro regarding Māori in Tech. Whakarongo mai!

Today we are happy to share our last episode of this first season of the Tāiki e! Podcast. We are happy to share the recordings from our experience up in Ruatorea this year, supporting and participating in Maunga to Moana and Ngāti Fest 2021. Two great kaupapa led by whānau from Ngāti Porou and around the East Cape rohe. Whānau from all over come to both enjoy and share manaaki in the Ngāti Fest, a great showcase of coasty cuisine and hospitality, and take on the challenge of climbing Hikurangi Maunga in a race that is more about the experience of the whenua than making it first to the finish line. We hope you can tell from the korero how beautiful and enjoyable this experience is, and come to join us next year. Whakarongo mai!

Kia ora e te iwi! We're back with another great episode, this time dedicated to access to information. Ngāpera Riley, from figure.nz, joins us to talk about the labour the team she is part of has been undertaking for the last few years, the principles that drive them and what they are looking to achieve. Access to information can make a real difference when it comes to how we see ourselves and our communities, with bigger access to data comes a closer relationship with our truth as individuals and whānau. Whakarongo mai!

Kia ora e te iwi! Our guest this week is coming out of Ōtautahi with one of those kaupapa that fill our hearts with aroha, Kendall Flutey is an entrepreneuse, tech innovator and educator, who has dedicated the last few years to create a tech based educational tool to empower future generations with financial literacy skills and the ability to be self-reliant on their pathway towards financial independence and stability. With a story of brave risk-taking and growth, her inspiration for starting this kaupapa is close to home. With a korero like this, we are happy to say: whakarongo mai!

Kia ora e te iwi! We are pleased to invite you to join us today in this korero that touches on a topic important for all. Hiria Te Rangi, an amazing innovator with 20 years of experience in the tech space. Through her love of technology and her keen eye for problem solving, she has become part of an initiative that wants to provide a tool that can have an immense impact in our everyday lives. Her work with Whare Hauora has created a sensor that can tell you with very little trouble if your house is an averse factor for your health and that of your whānau, taking into account factors such as humidity, temperature and dew point, which are key indicators towards the development of respiratory illness. The knowledge of how many of our whānau fall victim to this type of illness is all the fuel she needs in order to tenaciously pursue her work on this kaupapa, and overcome the many challenges that come about in getting it in every home in Aotearoa, if that's what it takes to take responsability for the health of our whānau.

Kia ora e te iwi! One of our beloved whānau members is joining our korero today, and her name is Steph. Heart-first into the world, her words speak of compassion and deep understanding and care for other people's lives and painful experiences. This rare attitude (and aptitude) has informed her experience of life and shown her to the doors of her current place in the world. A full time artist and rangatahi wellness facilitator, she comes today to walk us through how she got to where she is and the direction she's facing towards. Whakarongo mai!

Kia ora e te iwi! Our manuhiri today is Candice Pardy, and her story takes us through change, compassion, entrepreneurship and growth through learning. Founder of Jobloads, a kaupapa aimed at closing gaps between employers and workers by making sure everyone’s mana is being upheld, Candice’s participation in Startup Weekend 2019 catapulted her desires for improvement and innovation into a growing company that is trailing a path for the future of work. Inspiring us to take chances and use the resources we have in our community to overcome challenges, this korero is not one to miss. Whakarongo mai whānau!

Kia ora e te whānau! This week we welcome Dougal Stott to share his whakaaro and experience around Māori in tech and innovation. Passionate and keen to the bone, he shares his perspective of how indigenous peoples are innately qualified to push the edge of innovation by our embracing diversity and the interconnection of everything with everything else. Outside the box thinkers from day one, and trained by facing countless challenges, we thrive in the creative environments of tech and give it a twist towards community and whānau. Whakarongo mai!

Kia ora e te whānau! We're honoured to present this week the korero we heard at Ko Māui Hangarau, a Māori Tech Innovation summit aimed at inspiring rangatahi to pursue careers in technology, making use of their innate skills to be creative, think outside the box and find solutions that serve the commuinities they're designed for. This year the summit was held in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Gisborne and the whānau at Tāiki e! were present having korero with presenters, kaiako and rangatahi who were part of the event. This is what they had to say. Whakarongo mai!

Kia ora e te whānau! Welcome back to our podcast! We have a visitor this week that, having come to our beautiful Te Tairāwhiti, has fallen in love with the courage and the resilience of our whānau. Sasha Lockley's story is one of overcoming great obstacles, of growing and evolving into something bigger that can serve and support others. She sees the endurance of hardship as the origin of an endless source of power from which we draw to get up over and over until we rise above our biggest fears and challenges. This secret power lies within every one of us, and grows beyond our wildest dreams when we share it and build it up with each other. Nau mai, haere mai, whakarongo mai! 

Kia ora whānau! Welcome to another episode of our Tāiki e! Podcast, today we are joined by Emelie Verseput, a young wahine who has chosen to dedicate her time and energy to empowering her community in Tauranga Moana by creating resources and pathways to facilitate and support entrepreneurship/kaupapa in response to community needs. Emelie has had the fortune to find herself surrounded by passionate people like herself that have a wealth of experience in this field, creating a fertile ground for her to grow and feel embraced in her journey of becoming her best self. We had the blessing to spend some time with her while she was in Turanga, and these are the words that she left to mark our experience together. May her message find you all in good health. 

Kia ora e te whānau! Our guest this week is Nikki Kennedy, founder of Taputapu, a pakihi that sells homewares, utensils and picnic articles all with kupu māori as part of their design. Nikki has found an interesting way to put Te Reo Māori in front of everyone through her products and expand her experience of entrepreneurship, overcoming the whakamā of putting herself out there and believing in her potential. A great korero that brings us along in a journey of growth and passion.