Te Ao Māori Events at WORD Christchurch Festival

RANGAHAU Ā IWI – NGĀTI TAMA

Pou Kohikohinga Māori – Tūranga's Māori Collection Specialists - share insights, resources and key texts for iwi research that are available in their collections. In August the spotlight is on Ngāti Tama.

TĪMATAKA

Wednesday, 23 August 8:00 pm

Ben Brown (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Koroki, Ngāti Paoa), Ruby Solly (Kāi Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe) and Ariana Tīkao (Kāi Tahu) open the festival with a stirring and soul-warming evening of storytelling, poetry and waiata.

SUMMONING WHAKAPAPA

Friday, 25 August 5:00 pm

Ruby Solly (Kāi Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe) and Ariana Tikao (Kāi Tahu) discuss writing family histories and the protection of whakapapa with Helen Brown (Ngāi Tahu).

TE KĀHUI ŌHUA

Friday, 25 August 5:30 pm

This casual, monthly reading group celebrates the content of Tūranga's Ngā Pounamu Māori collection. Each month members choose any book from the collection – Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children’s, Adults – and shares back with the rest of the group.

POU KOHIKOHINGA MĀORI IN RESIDENCE

Saturday, 26 August 10:00 am

Meet Tūranga's Pou Kohikohinga Māori - Māori Collection Specialists who are available to answer any of your queries relating to our Ngā Pounamu Māori collection, whakapapa, or any other kaupapa Māori research.

DR HINEMOA ELDER AND DR EMMA ESPINER: MAKING IT BETTER

Saturday, 26 August 10:30 am

Dr Hinemoa Elder (Ngāti Kurī, Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri and Ngāpuhi) and Dr Emma Espiner’s (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou) share a kōrero about their mahi in healthcare and their beautiful books.

WRITING ON THE MARGINS

Saturday, 26 August 4:30 pm

Join Kevin Jared Hosein, Khadro Mohamed and Ross Calman (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa-ki-te-tonga, Kāi Tahu) as they discuss writing indigeneity, the retelling of history and colonisation from new perspectives.

WORKSHOP: RUBY SOLLY: WORLDBUILDING FROM WHAKAPAPA

Sunday, 27 August 11:00 am

AIRANA NGAREWA: THE BONE TREE

Sunday, 27 August 3:00 pm

Airana Ngarewa (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru, Ngāruahine) in-conversation about their gritty coming-of-age debut novel The Bone Tree.

WHAIA TE ARA O TE KAREAO: FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE KAREAO

Sunday, 27 August 6:30 pm

We close the festival with this very special event. Members of the Ngāi Tahu Archive team and Te Pae Kōrako (Ngāi Tahu Archive Advisory Committee) speak about their favourite taonga from the Ngāi Tahu Archive.

CONFLUENCE [ON DEMAND]

17 Sep - 17 Sep 2023 11:59 pm

Pasifika and Māori excellence, on stage in Ōtautahi and styling up for a celebration of island connections. Hosted and curated by Daisy Speaks.

50 YEARS OF WITI IHIMAERA [ON DEMAND]