Shows
God ForbidBodies bodies bodies: burial, belief and death across faithHow do different religions treat the dead? What do their burial practices say about the soul? And in an era of environmental crisis and shrinking space, how might death rituals evolve?GUESTS:Dr Paul Tapsell, Māori academic at Lincoln University and expert in Indigenous knowledge systemsRev Prof. Vicky Balabanski, Uniting Church minister and ecological theologian, General Editor of the Earth Bible seriesAnnie Whitlocke, Buddhist death doula supporting people at the end of life2025-05-1654 min
The Good Energy PodcastBridging a cultural divide we pretend isn't thereI’m excited to share this conversation with Paul Tapsell (Te Arawa, Tainui) whose book Kāinga: People, Land, Belonging inspired my focus on homes and kāinga this year. It was very special to be invited to Paul’s ancestral home in Tapsell Road, Rotorua, where we met in the beautiful architecturally designed space shown in the photo above. Paul and his whānau envisioned and built this new home to replace the crumbling old house, built by their father. Back before the days of potatoes and colonisation, this site was a kumara garden and a foundat...2024-12-1458 min
Nelson Arts Festival Pukapuka TalksThe Crucial Decade Pukapuka Talks session at the 2022 Nelson Arts FestivalIn 'The Crucial Decade', Kim Hill invites Paul Tapsell (Te Arawa, Tainui), Mike Joy and Dave Lowe to explain how we can respond to the climate crisis and transform our lands, waterways and communities. Recorded on Sunday October 22 at the 2022 Nelson Arts Festival, as part of our Pukapuka Talks literary programme.
In Kāinga: People, Land, Belonging (BWB Texts) Paul Tapsell looks at the legacy of colonisation and how alienation from traditional Māori settlements and whenua (land) has become part of a wider story of environmental degradation and system collapse. He argues that only a complete ste...2022-11-251h 32
Stirring The PotChallenging the status quo – Mātauranga Māori is science! Part 2As we continue our special 'lockdown episodes' of Stirring the Pot we’re carrying on our conversation around mātauranga Māori and science.This time, talking with Paora Tapihana A.K.A - Paul Tapsell! Paora is a Professor and Researcher at Takarangi Research where they are focused on social science research with an aim to support local indigenous communities (tribal marae) and their re-engagement with ancestral resources to improve Māori well being nationwide. Connect with Paora LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-tapsell-9206482b/ Connect w...2021-09-1440 min
Anonymous Was A Woman PodcastBelongingJamila Rizvi and Astrid Edwards are back for the third season of Anonymous Was a Woman. Chapter 1: Jamila and Astrid consider what it means to feel like you belong. Chapter 2: Jamila introduces Top End Girl, Miranda Tapsell's 2020 memoir. Chapter 3: Astrid discusses The Loudness of Unsaid Things, the debut novel by Hilde Hinton. Recommendations: Jamila recommends Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez. Astrid recommends Growing Up Disabled in Australia, which is edited by Carly Findlay. CHAT WITH US Join our discussion using hashtag #AnonymousWasAWomanPod and don't forget to follow Jamila...2021-01-3125 min
National Museum of Australia – Audio on demand programPaul Tapsell: Maori experienceDate recorded: 7 May 2018.
Paul Tapsell describes the importance of understanding cultural beliefs and practices in attitudes towards ancestral remains. Repatriation reflects a responsibility for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to respect both the deceased and future generations.2019-09-0252 min
ST at the Auckland MuseumWallace Chapman leads a discussion about the cost and future of intensive agricultureWallace Chapman with Professor Dame Anne Salmond, Professor Paul Tapsell, and Professor Michael Walker2013-12-0147 minNational Museum of Australia – Audio on demand programFootprints in the sand: Banks' Maori collection, Cook's first voyage 1768-1771Date recorded: 28 July 2006.
Historian Paul Tapsell discusses how artefacts in Joseph Banks' collection from Captain James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific can be viewed as 'taonga', or Maori treasured possessions.2008-09-1641 min