Artist Talk: AWA (Artists for Waiapu Action)

AWA members (l–r): Abraham Karaka, Selina Mathieson, Te Ataakura Tanirau Wickliffe, Graeme Atkins, Arihia Kaiwai, Tamarangi Papuni Iles, Lisa Beach, Jury Haenga, Jellicoe Atkins, Paora Brooking, Joseph Kaiwai, Rakairoa Tuhaka Te Kahu Gray with Te Aomarama Kairaupatu on shoulders, Ivan Henry, Alex Monteith, Maree Sheehan and Natalie Robertson, September 2023 / Photograph: Paora Brooking

AWA members (l–r): Abraham Karaka, Selina Mathieson, Te Ataakura Tanirau Wickliffe, Graeme Atkins, Arihia Kaiwai, Tamarangi Papuni Iles, Lisa Beach, Jury Haenga, Jellicoe Atkins, Paora Brooking, Joseph Kaiwai, Rakairoa Tuhaka Te Kahu Gray with Te Aomarama Kairaupatu on shoulders, Ivan Henry, Alex Monteith, Maree Sheehan and Natalie Robertson, September 2023 / Photograph: Paora Brooking / View full image

When

12.45 – 1.45 pm, Sat 30 Nov 2024

Where

Gallery of Modern Art, Bodhi Tree Stage

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Accessible

What to Expect

About

Join Triennial artists, AWA Collective: Natalie Robertson, Graeme Atkins, Lionel Matenga, Alex Monteith, Maree Sheehan, and Abraham Karaka for a talk about their installation artwork, He Uru Mānuka, He Uru Kānuka 2024.

AWA revitalises customary net-making and stone fish weir-building, enabling members of their hapū (clan) and iwi (tribe) to reinvigorate these practices for the river and its health.

This project was assisted by Radio Ngāti Porou, Te Amokura Productions, Australia’s Mānuka, Just Thinking Out Loud, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongerewa, Ngā Pae o Maramatanga (New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence), Creative New Zealand, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau / AUT University, Waipapa Taumata Rau / University of Auckland, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and Raukūmara Pae Maunga.