Ta Atea 2020
7 March - 16 March
Enveloped in our stories, tā tatau and tā moko hold a deep history throughout the worlds indigenous and first nations peoples. Ancestral hands bring to life ageless ingenuity in ancient and new ways, to strengthen and enrich our identity.
Indigenous tā tatau and tā moko
Ngā Uri o Muturangi indigenous week provides a unique forum for indigenous groups to reflect, probe, collaborate and celebrate – to enjoy an exclusively indigenous context to consider tattoo heritage, values and beliefs. The week culminated in an indigenous space or ‘atea’ showcasing our tattoo and art practitioners to educate and contest mainstream audience misrepresentation of our customs.
Ko taku toi taku ohooho!
My origin is my awakening!
Tā Atea
What
Happened
In March 2020, Ngā Uri o Muturangi and Te Tuhi Mareikura Trust hosted indigenous artists and revivalists in Ngā Uri o Muturangi: Wānanga Indigenous 7 - 13 March and Tattoo & Art ExtravagaNZa, 14 - 15 March 2020, Tauranga Moana, New Zealand.
This year we welcomed indigenous guests from Nlaka’pamux, Haida, Acjachemen, Mutsun Ohlone, Tlingit, Iñupiaq, Paiute, Inuit, Kalaallit Nunaat, Inuk, Chemehuevi, Konkow, Nisenan, Haudenosaunee - Onʌyote’a:ka, Mo'orea, Tuamotu, Fiji, Marquesas, Samoa, Tonga, Indonesia, Bali, Philippines, and tangata whenua Maori.
Tā tatau & Tā moko for indigenous practitioners and cultural exponents
In 2020 we planned a programme of conjoint activities to satisfy first timers and returning artists, and an extended wānanga period so that our indigenous communities may secure maximum benefit.
At the festival we again offered ‘Tangata Whenua Māori Open Space’ however we had some additional options available
PUBLIC EVENT
13 MAR - 15 MAR
NGĀ URI O MUTURANGI:
TĀ ATEA
Tattoo & Art ExtravagaNZa
Baypark Arena
Truman Lane
Mount Maunganui
Dedicated space for Indigenous Nations tattoo practices both traditional and contemporary
Fully catered marae accommodation for the weekend is inclusive for wānanga attendees*
Increased allocated space to indigenous tā tatau and tā moko practitioners
Walled booth options for Aotearoa Indigenous Studios (note 3 booth is the largest available)**
Tangata whenua and mana wāhine (women’s) spaces of support and practice
Increased prize allocations to indigenous categories
Scheduled stage allocation for indigenous cultural performances
Full support of guest indigenous communities from our local tangata whenua crew
Friday 13 hakari feast, concert performance and invited tattoo presentations on the marae
*Fully catered deal covered 7 to 16 March
**Spaces were limited so early registration was advised even if you were a returning studio
TICKETING INFO AVAILABLE AT
www.tattooextravaganza.nz
ARTIST EVENT
7 MAR - 15 MAR
NGĀ URI O MUTURANGI:
WĀNANGA INDIGENOUS
WHAREROA MARAE
TAIAHO PLACE
MOUNT MAUNGANUI
Fully catered (to a range of diets) marae meals and marae accommodation
Fully catered accommodation to continue until Monday 16 March
Increased programme of workshops and presentations by cultural artists from a range of indigenous
Increased covered spaces available for programming and accommodating our events
Transport available for cultural trips to local sites, exclusive experiences and visits
Performances, art exhibitions, workshops, invited speakers and practical art making
Mana Wāhine allocated space to share and discuss womens tatau practices and politics
Friday hakari feast, concert performance and invited presentations from a range of artists
An affordable price tag of NZ$400 all-inclusive per person for ten days catered stay
**Entry fees to specific cultural events or facilities may incur a fee
Wānanga Indigenous (Tā Atea) is a fully-catered marae live-in wānanga education event of sharing between world-wide indigenous artists, and is hosted by the tangata whenua Māori of Tauranga Moana. These wānanga provide a unique opportunity for indigenous peoples to explicitly share and workshop in cultural practices, aspirations around tatau traditions, art, dance and music, to share experiences, techniques, tool making, traditions, politics and developments around practice – including ongoing cultural developments, examining our evolving international practice’s in the present and future, and share political and cultural concerns including developments around tatau practices. Artists and revivalists are invited to direct us on what they particularly wish to share or facilitate.
Spaces in Wānanga Indigenous are highly sought after, and for future events, we would like to emphasize that this is for indigenous practitioners to share their experiences in a safe solely indigenous environment.
A wānanga is a particular Māori learning experience that encourages an immersed environment of living together for the purposes of intensive learning and sharing.
Ngā
Uri o
Muturangi
According to many Māori narratives Kupe, the great Maori explorer, was led to navigate the regions of Aotearoa through his pursuit and battles of the great octopus - Te Wheke o Muturangi through which our ancestors were led to new land from Raiatea, Tahiti, the body of the octopus whose tentacles reach out around the Polynesian triangle.
Ngā Uri o Muturangi affirms ancient ancestral connections through Muturangi centred around customary Māori skin marking, tattoo-tatau and art practices. It does this through online membership and public content as well as a major annual public event Toi Kiri (and its past events) hosted by TMT and its partners in Tauranga Moana.
For those experts of ancestral ocean navigation, Te Wheke o Muturangi metaphorically describes the navigation paths or currents from Raiatea (Tahiti) resembling the tentacles reaching out across the Pacific at least as far as the edges of the Polynesian Triangle (Tetahiotupa 2009).
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