(FUNKY MUSIC) www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2023 - Kia ora, welcome to In Case You Missed It. Ko Tane toku ingoa. Time to tahuna te ahi with a look at what's been happening here in Aotearoa and overseas. Well, firstly, congratulations to Spain for winning the FIFA Women's World Cup on Sunday, beating England 1-0. What a momentous tournament that was. Now, India has made space history this week with the first ever landing on the moon's unexploredSouth Pole. India's second go at landing a spacecraft on the moon comes less than a week after Russia's mission failed and a New Zealand company was watching the landing closely. Rakon provided several key parts in the navigation systems on the mission's Lunar Lander and Rover vehicles. Now, are you a fan of the Super Mario Brothers? Well, Nintendo has announced that after almost 30 years as the voice of Mario, Charles Martinet is stepping down from the role. - Hello, I'm-a Mario. Okey-dokey. Let's make a pizza pie together. - It's not the end of Charles' Mario, though. The 67-year-old is set to travel the world as Nintendo's new Mario ambassador. In addition to Mario, Charles also voiced Luigi, Mario and Waluigi in the video games. While many eight-year-old kids are busy learning day-to-day, Zen Peach also spends his time giving out the lessons and his number one student? IBO super bantamweight world champion boxer Mea Motu. Zen's dad runs Peach Boxing and was the first to recognise Motu's talent. But it was his son that earned her trust at the gym. - He's worked every day, like, hustled by my side every day, and he's come in here morning and night and just... (VOICE CRACKS) given everything to me and it means the world. - The littlest boxing trainer in Aotearoa has big predictions for this Saturday's world title fight. - I reckon probably inside five rounds, Mea will knock her out... to the body. - Oosh, to the body. From eight-year-old boxing trainer to a 15-year-old Olympic swimmer. (UPLIFTING MUSIC) It was a chilly day 103 years ago in 1920, as 15-year-old Auckland schoolgirl Violet Waldron slipped into the freezing waters of an Olympic outdoor swimming pool in Antwerp, Holland. Not only was Violet the youngest competitor at the games, she was the very first female athlete from Aotearoa to compete at the Olympics, placing fifth in the women's 100m freestyle. However, two years later, her father ordered her to retire from the sport as he felt Violet was getting too much public attention. Hmm. A new study has found that non-fluent speakers of te reo Maori can identify 70 kupu Maori on average, but don't yet have the skills to define all of them. University of Canterbury professor Jeanette King said it shows that increasing exposure to the Maori language, even if you don't speak it, you're building up all sorts of knowledge. Ka rawe! From Maori language to tikanga now ― have you ever wondered what's tapu and what's noa? Check this out. In Maori culture, tapu and noa are two very important protocols or tikanga. Tapu means sacred, forbidden or restricted, and noa means neutral. For Maori, the body is tapu ― the most sacred part being the head or maahunga. Certain places are also tapu like an urupa or cemetery. Wai, or water, is not and has the power to remove tapu. And this is why we sprinkle ourselves with water to cleanse ourselves after visiting an urupa. Tapu and Noa make perfect sense even if you aren't Maori because these rules are good practice for everyone, especially when it comes to hygiene, protecting the environment and keeping people safe. For instance, it's tapu to sit on a table because let's be honest, who wants someone's bum on the same surface that you eat off? It's also tapu to wash your tea towels and face cloths with your dirty undies, to clean your kitchen floor with the same mop that you use in the wharepaku, to put your hat or bag on food tables or to sit on pillows or cushions. That's just good hygiene. Tapu can exist as a rahui. This might be a temporary closure to prevent people from collecting kaimoana from an area that needs regeneration and tapu protects people too ― if something is considered dangerous like a hot geyser, tapu is put in place to protect people from going near the scalding mud or explosive water. While tapu and noa are part of the spiritual world for Maori, they also hold practical value aswell. And the more you learn about them, the more we can use them as a guide to protect each other and the environment. Kia ora. And finally, we have an update on a story that we covered previously about a littlerunaway pig who was causing havoc on Auckland's Western Motorway. This little piggy won't be going to a market because he has a new name ― Reggie, and a new home at a sanctuary in Taranaki. He'll be in good company, joining some friends with similar stories to tell, including one pig rescued from floodwaters six months ago during Cyclone Gabrielle. Well, how about that for a happy ending, eh? Well, that's me for this week. Thank you so much for joining us. We will be back again next Friday. Have a great weekend. Hei kona. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air.