Kōrero: Mana Wāhine, Mana Taonga
Whakarongo ki ētahi wāhine Māori whakawhiti kōrero ai mō te hira o te kanohitanga o te wāhine i te toi Māori, he aha anō ngā huringa mai i te whakaaturanga o Te Māori nō te tau 1984.
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Hear from wāhine Māorias they discuss the importance of wāhine representation in Māori arts, and what has shifted since the 1984 international exhibition, Te Maori.
Mai i te tau 1984 ki 1986, ko te whakaaturanga o Te Maori tētahi pūtake i whakaohooho ai i te toi me te tikanga Māori, i whakaaturia ai ngā taonga Māori ki te ao whānui.
Heoi, he nui noa atu ngā kōrero. Hei whakamahara ki te 40 tau o te a, huia mai ki tētahi pae kōrero wāhine rangatira o te rāngai toi Maori e huritao nei ki ētahi o ngā kōrero huna o Te Maori .
Kaikōrero matua
Christina Hurihia Wirihana (Ngāti Maniapoto-Raukawa, Ngāti Whawhakia, Ngāti Pikiao)
Toi iho artist, Christina Hurihia Wirihana’s professional career has spanned over fifty years, the first Maori Weaver / Lecturer appointed in any tertiary and university institution in 1986. Christina served her time at Waiariki Community College (known as Toi Ohomai today), Rotorua, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, Whakatāne and EIT Toi Houkura, Gisborne.
Christina is a contemporary artist, acclaimed in Aotearoa New Zealand and Internationally for her weaving which incorporates a mixture of customary and new practices.
Christina has spearheaded many projects eg; Tangatarua Marae at Toi Ohomai, United Nations Tukutuku Installation New York: Hotunui Marae Tukutuku Conservation Project Auckland Museum: Whariki Project – Tūrungawaewae Marae: Tukutuku project -Holy Church of Sepulchre, Auckland.
Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku (Te Arawa, Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi, Waikato)
Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku PhD, CNZ, FAWMM, MNZ, grew up in a whānau of weavers and carvers in Ohinemutu, Rotorua. An Emeritus Professor, she has worked as a curator, lecturer, researcher, and governor in the heritage and university sectors. Her books, both fiction and non fiction, include the highly acclaimed Mau Moko: The World of Māori Tattoo to be republished this year. In 2015 she curated the award-winning E Ngā Ūri Whakatupu : Weaving Legacies, which included a small but lavish catalogue. In 2022 she solo-presented and co-wrote the succesful Sky/Prime documentary series, WAHAROA : Art of the Pacific. Awekotuku recently published a political memoir Hine Toa: a story of bravery. Living in Rotorua, she serves on the paepaetapu o Ngāti Whakaue.
Awhina Tamarapa (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Ruanui)
Awhina Tamarapa, is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow (VUW), museum curator, writer, and former Curator Māori Te Papa Tongarewa and lives at Hongoeka Bay with Ngāti Toa hapū. She is a member of Haumanu Collective. Tauira toi whakairo with Hermann Salzmann, Toi Rangatira and whatu kākahu with Veranoa Hetet, Hetet School of Māori Art.