E-Panui April 2010                                                                                  E-P# 25

Mana Magazine
April - May 2010 Issue 93

Tena ano koutou

You could rightly say the Golden Shears wouldn’t happen without Maori and after 50 years, it looks like a new generation is taking over this fiercely fought competition. At 13, our cover boy David Gordon is the youngest-ever Golden Shears category champion and a youngish fullah, Cam Ferguson (26), took out the Open Shearing Finals. We asked award-winning photographer Aaron Smale to capture some of the spirit of the Shears in its jubilee year for our special feature on Maori and the shearing industry.

 

 

Tangi Hepi is a modest man described by his peers as ‘the best alcohol and drug counsellor in New Zealand’. So just what is the secret to Tangi’s success with the addicts and alcohol abusers that other counsellors have been unable to reach?

 

 

Someone who has struggled with her own demons is singer and child prodigy, Erana Clark. Sydney-based Erana has been vocal coach to Australian Idol contestants for the past nine years but this year she is about to launch the first artist under her own label - a young Maori singer named Sidney Maynard who can reach even higher notes than 2009 Idol, Stan Walker (pictured here with Erana).

 

 

 

 

Our first Maori cardiologist Wil Harrison is a pretty straight-talking guy but he laughs off any suggestion that he’s anything like the glamorous heart surgeons you see in TV medical dramas. Wil loves his mahi and is keen on keeping his patients and their whanau fully informed about the operation and the journey to recovery.

 

 

 

 

 

With the approach of the duck shooting season we look at how to prepare, cook and eat your gamebirds. Our Mana Kai featured recipe is for a simple but tasty wild duck or pukeko boil up from Kai Time chef Pete Peeti.

 

 

 

 

Heard of the Black Stacks? We hadn’t until we talked to one of the young hotshots from our latest national sports team. Te Rina Boyce (13) is practising to take on the world champions in Denver, Colorado, in her chosen sport of cup stacking.

 

 

 

We’ve got stories on Maori rugby, kickboxing, fitness, a new documentary and TV show, books, music, opinions, giveaways and lots more packed into this Autumn issue of Mana - New Zealand’s leading Maori lifestyle, current affairs and heritage magazine.