Waitangi
Treaty Grounds,
October 14th—16th
Te Toi Mahara,
Mātiro Whakamua,
Our theme for 2024
Te Toi Mahara is a three-day, immersive summit of Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu creative and cultural expression.The inaugural instalment of Te Toi Mahara will bring together Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu leaders, ahikā, change-makers, practitioners and artists together to share kōrero and experiences that explore te toi o te mahara—the origin of why and how we creatively express ourselves. Toi is more than just ‘art’. It is the peak expression of creativity and culture. Te Toi Mahara emerges from te ao wairua, from Hawaiki, and our people can be vessels for that emergence. The event will be held at Waitangi Treaty Grounds on October 14th—16th and will activate kōrero, culture, taiao and creativity.
Our theme for 2024 is Mātiro Whakamua. Mātiro Whakamua is a call to look beyond the horizon. Much like our tūpuna who navigated across Te-Moana-nui-a-Kiwa to arrive here, we, too, are being called upon to hold space for a vision of something more. In seeing a way forward that we can contribute to and anticipate, Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu culture becomes something more than an adornment that decorates our life from time to time. Together, we can set a course in which our culture becomes a living part of our natural thinking. The theme for Te Toi Mahara 2024 is about Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu moving swiftly forward in this understanding of Mātiro Whakamua. This is where our new present exists, and we can draw it ever closer to ourselves. We can create it.
Ngā Motu
Ngā Motu
Intro text on ngā motu
KAUPAPA MOKO
Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu kaitā Raniera McGrath and Hine Waitai will hold space in our motu dedicated to Tā Moko, Kaupapa Moko. Moko is deeply connected to the whānau, hapū and iwi of the kaiwhiwhi and is epitomised in moko kanohi - moko kaue and moko mataora.
WHARAU WHAKAIRO,
We will have two additional motu - Wharau Whakairo dedicated to toi whakairo and Te Tira Ranga dedicated to whare pora. More information to come on these spaces.
TE TIRA RANGA
Ngā kaikōrero me ngā kaupapa, Speakers and sessions
Te Toi Mahara 2024 will present the latest thinking in creativity and culture as presented from a Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu and Te Taitokerau perspective. We’re excited to present here a sneak preview of our speakers for this year’s event.
Margaret Aull and Shane Cotton are two of Aotearoa’s leading contemporary Māori artists who will present their view on the contemporary visual arts landscape through the lens of their experience as Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu and their outlook across the future of our creative and cultural landscape. Three powerhouse wāhine - Bethany Edmunds, Frances Goulton and Ana Heremaia will discuss how mana motuhake can be understood, expressed and realised through ngā mahi toi in a panel discussion facilitated by Jasmine
Te Hira.
Through the culmination of her journey as a researcher and activist, Emeritus Professor Ngāhuia Te Awekotuku MNZM will discuss the realisation of potential across our cultural landscape as Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu and the ways in which we might reimagine ourselves in the future. Hori Parata, Dr Ngahuia Harrison, Hinekaa Mako and Mike Smith will speak to the connection needed between tāngata and taiao, as well as our relationships to each other and our culture, to regenerate the taiao, in a facilitated conversation with Kawiti Waetford.
The currents of Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa - the physical and metaphysical - have in some way shaped who we are as Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu. Dr. Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal will dive into the connected nature of kōrero-tuku-iho, of whakapapa and narrative, and the moana that connects us all. Associate Professor Te Kawehau Hoskins will weave together the threads of kōrero, culture and creativity from the event. What are the provocations, catalysts, questions and actions that might arise from the vision of Te Toi Mahara? A perspective on Mātiro Whakamua and what it means for Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu as an activation and mobilisation of the people.
