Takatāpui Talk
Takatāpui Talk is a living collection of stories — a weaving together of voices from our community, shared with honesty, care, and deep respect.
Each kōrero holds a life lived — through love, loss, identity, whānau, and resilience — offering insight into what it means to be takatāpui in Aotearoa, both then and now.
This series is not about explanation or justification. It is about presence. It is about truth. It is about us, speaking for ourselves.
Created within a space of trust and connection, these conversations are a taonga — for our people, for our whānau, and for those who seek to understand us more deeply.
Takatāpui Talk is a reminder that we are not new, we are not invisible — we have always been here.
These kōrero are about resilience, laughter, truth, and love.
Episodes
4 episodes
Takatāpui Talk Donald Hollingsworth our Host interviewed by Claudette Hauiti
For the first time on Takatāpui Talk, the host becomes the guest.In this deeply personal episode, award-winning journalist and broadcaster Claudette Hauiti turns the microphone on Donald Hollingsworth — internationally recognise...
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Takatāpui talk Claudette Hauiti
Claudette Hauiti — Media, Politics, Identity & BelongingIn this episode of Takatāpui Talk, Donald Hollingsworth sits down with broadcaster, political journalist, media leader, sports enthusiast, and proud mother Claud...
Czahn Armstrong Takatāpui Talk
In this powerful and deeply personal episode of Takatāpui Talk, I sit down with playwright, storyteller and proud uri of Ngāti Hine, Czahn Armstrong.Together we explore identity, whakapapa, grief, whānau, creativity and the journey home ...
Woshē Williams Takatāpui Talk
Tonight on Takatāpui Talk we kōrero with Woshē Williams — a proud whakawāhine whose story is filled with honesty, humour, resilience, identity, and heart. 🌈In this deeply personal conversation, Woshē speaks openly about becoming who she...