NUKU Tōku Reo // RUA

In episode two we speak to filmmaker Chelsea Winstanley and Journalist Leonie Hayden about language learning feeling like we're all in kohanga reo, and how that realisation creates safe to fail spaces in the language reclamation journey. We discuss the good and bad of te reo Māori in the film and media industries and chat about the responsibility of language learners and speakers. We share our favourite kupu and the deep meanings behind them and, give you lots of learning tips regardless of where you are on your journey. Following on from the acclaimed NUKU podcast and book that showcased 100 kickass Indigenous women doing things differently, our new series Tōku Reo is focussed on language. Across 10 special episodes we will be sharing the language reclamation journeys of Indigenous women, including our host Qiane Matata-Sipu who has returned to kura in 2022 studying Rumaki Reo at Te Wananga Takiura o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa. To watch the video version of this podcast visit: To buy the book, NUKU: Stories of 100 Indigenous Women visit: For more about NUKU visit

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NUKU Tōku Reo // RUA is an episode from NUKU by Qiane Matata-Sipu.

This episode is 01:01:56 long.

This episode was published on Apr 17, 2022.

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