Tia's Layers of Identity

By OAR FM Dunedin - Community Access Media | Posted: Friday Sep 19, 2025

Ōtepoti Dunedin’s creative rangatahi explore their whakapapa through powerful stories of their identity, culture, and belonging through poetry and essays on ‘Layers of Identity’.

PODCAST Tia Fleming

“In Te Ao Māori, we don’t believe in blood quantum. If you have toto Māori, then you’re Māori.”

Tia, a young mother of Samoan, Māori, Cook Island, and Pākehā heritage, is currently studying towards a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at the University of Otago. Through her poem, she shares lessons she hopes to pass on to her son. After moving a lot growing up, Tia now raises her son in Dunedin for the strong sense of community.

Layers of Identity Broadcasts Fridays 3.30pm on 105.4 FM, 1575 AM

and Layers of Identity - Otago Access Radio
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