ISSUE: 4 MAY 2026
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KŌRERO
Opeti Vaka: ‘Boy, you’re a comedian’
by Dale Husband
“I’m a Hollywood actor now, and I’ve been successful because I’m unapologetically Southside.” — Actor Beulah Koale, on his Ōtara upbringing.
REFLECTIONS
A journey of 100 languages
by Dale Husband
“I’m a Hollywood actor now, and I’ve been successful because I’m unapologetically Southside.” — Actor Beulah Koale, on his Ōtara upbringing.
REFLECTIONS
Te Pahi — a story of mana and mamae
by Dale Husband
“I’m a Hollywood actor now, and I’ve been successful because I’m unapologetically Southside.” — Actor Beulah Koale, on his Ōtara upbringing.
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
The unredeemed price of citizenship
by Dale Husband
“I’m a Hollywood actor now, and I’ve been successful because I’m unapologetically Southside.” — Actor Beulah Koale, on his Ōtara upbringing.
HISTORY
Understanding the colonists
by Dale Husband
“I’m a Hollywood actor now, and I’ve been successful because I’m unapologetically Southside.” — Actor Beulah Koale, on his Ōtara upbringing.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
KŌRERO
Beulah Koale: Unapologetically Southside
by Dale Husband
“I’m a Hollywood actor now, and I’ve been successful because I’m unapologetically Southside.” — Actor Beulah Koale, on his Ōtara upbringing.
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
The government’s latest attack on Te Tiriti
by Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown
“Once again, as has been the case throughout this parliamentary term, the government is ignoring the recommendations of experts, in favour of further trampling on Te Tiriti o Waitangi.” — Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown.
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
Election 2026 Survival Guide Voting for Te Tiriti
by Tina Ngata
“Without a plan for constitutional protection of Te Tiriti, we risk any progress being laid to waste again within a few years. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to go through this again.” — Tina Ngata on voting to protect Te Tiriti.
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
Who benefits if the BSA is scrapped?
by Pulotu Tupe Solomon-Tanoa’i
“If the BSA disappeared tomorrow, Aotearoa would lose more than a complaints office. We’d lose one of the few free and accessible ways for ordinary people to challenge harmful or unfair media content.” — Pulotu Tupe Solomon-Tanoa‘i, a former BSA member.
ARTS
The Māori war hero still held in Tunisian hearts
by Atakohu Middleton
“He is a legend. He will always remain in our hearts and in my family’s memory.” — Nizar Chhoubi, on the man who saved his grandfather and family 83 years ago, Lance Sergeant Haane Manahi.
Ngā mihi, soifua,

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