MAUMAHARA - HONOURING THE PAST

WANANGA - EMBRACING THE PRESENT

WHAKANGAHAU - GUIDING THE FUTURE

Gallery Activations
Throughout Matariki join our special guests for Waiata Tawhito (ancient songs), Korero Paki (storytelling), Nga taonga o Hineraukatauri (acoustic sessions) and Korero Tairitenga (poetry) in our Maori galleries.

Wananga
The off-site Wananga series draws connections between our collections and their relevance in Te Ao Maori.

Nga Korero Tataki:
Winter Lecture Series
On-site, Nga Korero Tataki features leadership discussions on indigenous sustainability.

Matariki Market
Join us for a Museum-wide celebration where you can view and purchase high-quality Maori art by leading artists, enjoy live music and performances as well as demonstrations by expert practitioners. There is also a Papa Tākaro for visitors to learn and play traditional Māori games

Waiata Tawhito
- Ancient Songs

Thursdays, Te Ao Turoa, FREE
Listen to ancient waiata sung to retain oral traditions and tribal histories.

Korero Paki
- Story Telling

Fridays, east end of Maori Court, FREE
Story tellers will entertain and educate your children in the traditional Maori way through stories from the ancestors

Nga taonga o Hineraukatauri
- Acoustic Sessions

Saturdays, Te Ao Turoa, FREE
Join musicians to celebrate taonga tuku iho mai nga tupuna (gifts handed down from the ancestors).

Korero Tairitenga
- Poetry Recitals

Sundays, Te Ao Turoa, FREE
An opportunity to hear and appreciate stories shared through poetry.

Wananga Maunga

Sat 23 Jun (Rain date: Sun 24 Jun)
11am-1pm, FREE*
Hikoi up Maunga Whau (Mt Eden)

An off-site conversation between archaeology curator Louise Furey, tangata whenua Pita Turei, and volcanologist Jan Lindsay to make connections between collections and their relevance in Te Ao Maori.

Special focus will be on archaeological specimens found on Maunga Whau; what our mountains represent and the significance to Matariki; and the present state of knowledge of volcanic risk in Tamaki Makaurau.

Wananga Rongoā

Sat 30 Jun (Rain date: Sun 1 Jul)
11am-1pm, FREE*
Hikoi to Takaparawha (Bastion Point), Te Pukaki Ecological Restoration Project

An off-site conversation between botany curator Ewen Cameron, tangata whenua Char Wiapo and a rongoa specialist Rob McGowan, to make connections between collections and their relevance in Te Ao Maori.

Special focus will be on botanical specimens found in Tamaki Makaurau, native plant identification and regeneration; and medicinal properties of native flora and fauna.

Wananga Puorō

Sat 7 Jul (Rain date: Sun 8 Jul)
11am-1pm, FREE*
Hikoi around the Auckland Zoo and the newly opened Te Wao Nui a Tane native bird sanctuary.

An off-site conversation between Curator Maori Chanel Clarke, tangata whenua Bernard Makoare and taonga puorō specialist Jo’el Komene, to make connections between collections and their relevance in Te Ao Maori.

Special focus will be on Tāonga puorō (Maori musical instruments), and their connection to Te Wao nui a Tane (the great forest of tane).

Honouring Rangiiria Hedley and Roger Neich.

Te Ao Whanui – An International Perspective

28 Jun, 7pm – 9pm
Venue: Te Korowai Room
FREE*
In line with International Indigenous Development Conference.

Examining biological, psychological, and socio-cultural factors (and their interplay) affecting Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander health and to develop community-based and culturally-relevant interventions.
Presenter: Dr Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula (Hawaiian)

Eastern Saami traditions, religion and history, indigenous methodologies, traditional knowledge and indigenous epistemologies.
Presenter: Dr Jelena Porsanger (Saami)

Tangata Whenua- A local perspective

12 Jul, 7pm – 9pm
Te Korowai Room
FREE*

'Dude, Where's My Kai Moana?' - matauranga Māori and science working together for the restoration of Ōkahu Bay....

How do the wider issues of sustainability impact the planning for Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei’s restoration work in Ōkahu Bay and its catchment? How are Ngāti Whātua values shaping this?
Presenter: Malcolm Paterson

What can the sediment at Okahu Bay teach us about learning from the past to become better caretakers of our local ecosystem? How do we value mauri over money to ensure we avert our current trajectory of environmental degradation?
Presenter: Kepa Morgan

Titiro ki muri kia whakatika ā mua-Look to the past to proceed into the future

19 Jul, 7pm – 9pm
Te Korowai Room
FREE*

The New Indigeneity. Creative potential of Matauranga Maori.

Charles Royal will speak on the four ‘horizons’ of indigenous development advanced by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, a Centre of Research Excellence hosted at The University of Auckland. They include addressing needs arising in Māori communities as well as creative opportunities and the growth of an entrepreneurial spirit in Māori communities.

What is sustainable? How do we know?

Dr Dan Hikuroa will speak about his research into indigenous approaches to natural resource management in the context of sustainability. For generations indigenous peoples have managed natural resources within a context of a kinship based relationship with our accustomed environments. In Aotearoa/New Zealand management of resources was undertaken by Māori within a context of impacts to mauri. Dr Hikuroa will discuss two case studies that explore the concept of using mauri as an indicator of sustainability.