E-Panui December 2009                                                                            E-P# 23

Mana Magazine
December 2009 - January 2010 Issue 91

Tena ano koutou

Our children are our future but what sort of future are many of them heading into? We meet some of the people who are trying to find new, or perhaps more traditional ways, of parenting the most precious of all taonga - our children.

 

 

The Morrison whanau feature strongly in this issue as we recall the heyday of the Howard Morrison Quartet paying tribute to the late Sir Howard, and also to his niece and kapa haka exponent Taini, who died in June. There’s been good news too with Taini’s older sister Sandy recently receiving an international honour in education, and brother Temuera launching his book from Haka to Hollywood.

 

 

Young Stan Walker has gathered a huge following at home as he’s sung his way to becoming the first ‘Mozzie’ Idol. Behind the scenes of Australian Idol another Maori singer has helped Stan become our newest singing sensation. Find out who she is.

 

 

 

 

Mana set our new crop of Maori MP’s an assignment on their first year in Parliament. How well did they do?

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrity chef Peter Gordon talks about his ongoing journey into his Ngati Kahungunu heritage and we ask him whether there really any such thing as a Maori cuisine. He also shares some delicious summer recipes from his latest book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christchurch journalist Lee Suckling is also exploring his heritage and takes readers with him on the first stage of his journey into his Ngai Tahu roots.

 

 

 

 

And from across the Tasman we meet a gentle guy who turns into a raging bull in a highly dangerous sport. We’re talking about mixed martial arts world champion Jamie Te Huna.

 

 

 

In this summer issue fisho Bill Hohepa has hints on fishing the current we’ve got a bumper crop of books to give away to our readers.