Puanga

Available: until 16 June 2024
Curriculum links: Te Āo Māori, Social Science, Visual Art  
Year level: All ages
Duration: up to 90 minutes

Honour the past and welcome the new. Visit the woven artwork Hidden Muka (within Fibrous Soul) by Parihaka-based artist and kaitiaki of Te Niho o Te Atiawa Parahuka marae Maata Wharehoka. Learn about the importance of the Mounga during Puanga and how our Mounga, moana and awa help us connect to our loved ones who have passed.

Create an artwork featuring stars, shells and stones to decorate a photo of a precious person no longer with us or to celebrate a new life.

He mahi whakamahara, whakamana i ngā āhuatanga o te tau kua pahure, he whakaritenga hoki mō te tau ka heke mai. Toro atu ki te mahi toi hou Hidden Muka nā Maata Wharehoka I roto I te whakaaturanga o Fibrous Soul hei ako mō te hirahira o te Mounga Titohea I te wā o Puanga, te hono o te Mounga me te moana I a tātou ki  a tātou mate hoki.

Hangaia he mahi toi whakaaweawe ki ngā ngā anga, ki ngā tokatoka, ki ngā whetū hoki rānei hei whakarākai I tētahi whkaahua o tētahi tangata kua riro, hei whakanui I tētahi taonga hou kua whānau mai.