Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō: The new Māori Kuini

Unexpected Elements

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4.4 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō ascends the Māori throne as the new Kuini (Queen), much to the joy of her people, heralding a new age of prominence for the Kiingitanga movement.

We ask whether the new queen may have a biological advantage making her a better fit for leadership, whilst searching for examples of matriarchy in the animal kingdom and analogous human societies.

As is customary, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō was crowned on the same day as her father’s funeral, thrust into a leadership role during a time of profound grief. We hear from Prof Lucy Selman, expert in palliative and end-of-life care from the University of Bristol, and founder of the Good Grief Festival. She speaks about the physical and emotional manifestations of grief and how it can be processed and overcome, even in the face of immense responsibility.

We remember the legendary voice of the late James Earl Jones, who played the intergalactic monarch, Darth Vader, as Marnie unpicks the science of stuttering.

Unravel a massive jigsaw puzzle, uncover a hidden secret behind Queen’s hit song Don’t Stop Me Now, and delve into the fascinating realm of neuroscience and much more on Unexpected Elements.

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0:35.4	At the end of last week, I travelled to Scotland to make a show about cars.
0:41.0	Ironically, the quickest way to get there was to make the bulk of the journey by train, which suited me.
0:47.5	Plenty of time to stare out of the window at the view.
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1:19.6	The Car. I'm Marnie Chesterton from the BBC World Service. This is Unexpected Elements.
1:39.7	Music this is unexpected elements. And joining me, as usual, is a panel of expert journalists from around the world.
1:45.0	So in Bucharest, Romania, we have tech journalist Andrada Fiskatan.
1:49.2	Welcome.
1:50.4	Buona, Mani. So nice to talk to you again.
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