1[Māpuna] Social work award winner mentoring young Māori to success Florence Tamehana is a student engagement adviser at MIT in Manukau. Two months ago she won the Tangata-o te whenua Practice Award at the Social Work Awards 2023. She works with troubled rangatahi to steer them towards educational success and has a wide breadth of personal experience to draw upon: 13 years in the army and her own traumatic experiences at high school in Taranaki. [Saturday 25 November 2023, 12:14]

2[Māpuna] Maori musician's drive to attract young talent to Otago Musician David Harrison is keen to attract more young Maori to Otago University's School of Performing Arts where he's a teaching fellow and mentor to emerging talent. But he says the school has an outreach committee to try to lure more Maori students to the deep south. David Harrison says modern Maori music is in a good place but he feels that popularity on social media to gain exposure means some talent is being overlooked. [Saturday 25 November 2023, 12:42]