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A seven-part investigation into the alarming decrease in most sealife in the Hauraki Gulf. How has it come to this? Who are the culprits and what can be done? ....
And while we did talk to an All Black – Karl Tu’inukuafe, one of the largest players in the game at nearly 140kg – he wasn’t a stereotypical muddied oaf. Karl’s more of a great bear hug of decency and vulnerability, who runs old fashioned values alongside sophisticated emotional intelligence and an ancient Toyota. Men like Tu’inukuafe showed how traditions associated with masculinity aren’t all bad. Māori leaders, such as Professor Pou Temara, of the Tūhoe iwi (people), a modern day tohunga – or guardian of Māori tradition and custom – have long been concerned with Māori losing connections to the culture. He says an absence of traditional culture and a breakdown of hapū (tribal) connection has helped fuel issues of toxic masculinity. ....