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The Māori in Me
Growing up in Australia with a Danish father and a Māori-Pakeha mother, Myjanne Jensen always had this sense of not feeling Māori "enough". After moving back to Te Hiku o Te Ika – the Far North – in 2021, she started her journey of coming home and trying to better connect to her roots. Over seven episodes, Myjanne will kōrero with a number of incredible people about their own stories of what it means to be Māori, making that cultural connection, and the complexity of being mixed-race. All this with the hope of turning the conversation away from not "feeling enough" to instead,...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.7 stars from 16 ratings
Great Perspective
Loved it, really interesting journey and perspective. Thanks for all your effort
Jon-T81 via Apple Podcasts · New Zealand · 08/01/23
A taonga (treasure)
As a mixed Māori raised overseas, reconnecting has been amazing, but challenging. This podcast shares voices and stories that help me on that journey. A valuable taonga. Ngā mihi 🙏
jjaokea via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 07/14/23
Recent Episodes
Published 07/31/23
For those people on the journey of reconnecting with their Māori roots, a big part of that process is healing parts of us that don't feel 'enough'. For this episode, Myjanne speaks to Erica McCreedy, a wāhine Māori living in Australia who created her own podcast, 'Healing our Identity', on this...
Published 07/31/23
As part of Myjanne's exploration into the topic of Māori identity and indigeneity more broadly, Myjanne says she came across a phenomenon called 'pretendians' (Pretend Indians). According to Anishnaabe man and native filmmaker Drew Hayden Taylor, the past decade in Canada has seen a flood of...
Published 07/27/23
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