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Mangōpare: Māori, Sharks and the Powerful Conne...
The Shark Beneath the Surface There is something about seeing a shark in the ocean that immediately gets your attention. A dark shape moving beneath the surface. A dorsal fin...
Mangōpare: Māori, Sharks and the Powerful Conne...
The Shark Beneath the Surface There is something about seeing a shark in the ocean that immediately gets your attention. A dark shape moving beneath the surface. A dorsal fin...
Māori Navigation and the Stars: Matariki, Te Ka...
When the Stars Were Your Map Imagine standing on a waka in the middle of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. There is no coastline visible. No lighthouse. No GPS. No compass in your...
Māori Navigation and the Stars: Matariki, Te Ka...
When the Stars Were Your Map Imagine standing on a waka in the middle of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. There is no coastline visible. No lighthouse. No GPS. No compass in your...
Māori Ocean Navigation: How Waka, Stars and the...
The Ocean Was Never an Empty Space Look out across the Pacific Ocean from the East Coast of Aotearoa and it is easy to appreciate how immense it is. There...
Māori Ocean Navigation: How Waka, Stars and the...
The Ocean Was Never an Empty Space Look out across the Pacific Ocean from the East Coast of Aotearoa and it is easy to appreciate how immense it is. There...
Maramataka: The Māori Lunar Calendar and the Rh...
Looking to the Moon, Reading the Environment Long before smartphones could tell us the weather, fishing apps could predict tides or digital calendars could remind us what day it was,...
Maramataka: The Māori Lunar Calendar and the Rh...
Looking to the Moon, Reading the Environment Long before smartphones could tell us the weather, fishing apps could predict tides or digital calendars could remind us what day it was,...
Contemporary Māori Design: Keeping Culture Movi...
Māori visual culture has never been a museum piece. It has changed, adapted and responded to new materials, new technologies, new environments and new generations of artists. That is one...
Contemporary Māori Design: Keeping Culture Movi...
Māori visual culture has never been a museum piece. It has changed, adapted and responded to new materials, new technologies, new environments and new generations of artists. That is one...
Understanding Māori Motifs: Koru, Manaia, Mangō...
In Part 1, we looked at why Māori design is about much more than attractive patterns. Visual forms can carry relationships to whakapapa, whenua, te moana, people and the natural...
Understanding Māori Motifs: Koru, Manaia, Mangō...
In Part 1, we looked at why Māori design is about much more than attractive patterns. Visual forms can carry relationships to whakapapa, whenua, te moana, people and the natural...