Toi Kiri 2022
19 September - 27 September
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.
Toi Kiri is an all indigenous 10 day Ngā Uri o Muturangi event hosted by the Tangata Whenua Maori Tauranga Moana comprised of Wānanga, Symposium and Festival led by Tatau practitioners.
The worlds’ best tā tatau and tā moko indigenous practitioners for one unique cultural event Toi Kiri 2022
Gathers together Tā Tatau, Tā Moko and Skin Marking Artists, alongside Musicians, Performers and Kai. Together as one unique expression of the world at Toi Kiri.
The worlds’ best tā tatau and tā moko indigenous practitioners for one unique cultural event Toi Kiri 2022
Public festival held over three days from 23 - 25 September, TMT presents Toi Kiri: World Indigenous Tattoo Culture 2022; a gathering of indigenous practitioners of Tā Tatau, Tā Moko (Māori) and cultural arts exponents at Whareroa Marae and grounds, Mount Maunganui.
"Unique experiences, enriched culturally authentic interactions and exposure to new knowledge"
Ko taku toi taku ohooho!
My origin is my awakening!
Toi Kiri
What
Happened
Beginning with our marae Toi Kiri symposium programme that included invited local art leaders and professional leaders, the tattoo practitioners from Tahiti, Fiji, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Niue, First Nations Canada and Alaska – Tlingit, Iñupiaq, Paiute, Haida – and Tangata Whenua Māori (representing iwi from across the whenua) shared learnings, teachings and strategies.
These connections particularly enhanced the revival efforts of the Fijian Veiqia Project, the further developments of Niuean artists, the critical discussions for female body marking practitioners and the transformational practices of renown artists Lissy Cole and Rudi Robinson. Locals Darcell Arpelu, Iata Peautolu, Julie Paama-Pengelly, Sarah Hudson and Lanae Cable rounded out the international offering of Gregory Williams (Haida) and Nahaan Fasts From English (Tlingit, Iñupiaq, Paiute).
Come Friday morning and our team of six were setting up the Festival proper, an impressive 20 x 40 metre tent decked out with greenery courtesy of our Tahitian contingent, an impressive array of stalls including Te Kaha Pounamu and Tawhiao7 while the Red Shed Waitomo kept all the kids busily engaged in art activities. A top quality stage crew ensured an impressive entertainment lineup included Samoan Kava ceremony, Malo Uma Cook Island dance, Shona Tawhiao fashion parade, local pop superstar Skye Hine, popular BOP singer Shelley Akuhata, renown rapper Tipene, and more.
PUBLIC EVENT
23 SEP - 25 SEP
TOI KIRI 2022: WORLD INDIGENOUS TATTOO CULTURE PUBLIC FESTIVAL
WHAREROA RESERVE
TAIAHO PLACE
MOUNT MAUNGANUI
Over fifty Indigenous practitioners of Tā Tatau, Tā Moko and other related cultural arts such as weaving, carving, adornment, clay and ceremony will live-in at Whareroa Marae and present in the Toi Kiri 2022 Festival 23 - 25 September 2022.
Opening from 1.00pm Friday 23 September to 5.00pm Sunday 25 September, a ceremonial Māori blessing at 11.00am followed by food will open Toi Kiri: World Indigenous Tattoo Culture 2022 where continuous daily tattoo, dance and music performance as well as food vendors will feature until 9.00pm in the evening, while a huge range of art and cultural vendors will be available until 7.00pm nightly.
This year we welcomed:
Artists
Su'a Segaula Fuiavailili Lawrence Ah Ching
Margaret Aull
Yasbelle Kerkow
Donita Hulme
Andrew Williams
Nahaan Aya
Gregory 'Gig' Williams
Laurent Tevaiarai Purotu
Yann-Patii Maruae
Iata Peautolu
Julia Mage'Au Gray
Stormy Kara
Anthony 'Tonez' Tangiiti
Opeta 'Awps' Utanga
Jack Haki Williams
Joseph Houia
Julie Paama-Pengelly
Julious Mora
Phillipa Pip Hartley
Renee Heemi Wanikau
Sian Montgomery-Neutze
Daniel Ormsby
Wiremu Wairaki Te Ruki
Que Bidois
Kauri Wharewera
Performance & Stage
Malo Uma - MMC Pasifika
Nahaan
Big Wā
Bloodline
Asher
Te Pua Inano
Shona Tawhiao
Tipene
Wheriko
TOA
Skye Hine
Hāni Dread
Wildlanes
Shelley Akuhata
Oreo
Whetu Ma
Final Cut
Kaihokohoko
Māori by Design
Miss Maia
TroubleMaker
Karamaha (Red Shed)
Soul Time
Taniwhayaje
Tawhiao 7
Wishing Tree
Te Kaha
Tahiti
He Wāhi Kai
Chur Chips
The Mussel Man
Sushi Pandas
Rudiemaes Coffee Cart
C4 Street Food and Espresso
Roa Kombucha
Kenny John's Food Truck
The Mighty Cray
$10.00 Entry | Under 12 FREE**
Door sales also available
ARTIST EVENT
19 SEP - 27 SEP
NGĀ URI O MUTURANGI: ARTISTS WĀNANGA
WHAREROA MARAE
TAIAHO PLACE
MOUNT MAUNGANUI
Celebrate and experience customary cultural arts -- Enhance understanding of authentic and diverse cultural practices!
Indigenous Artists Symposium Wānanga Event held over nine days from 19 - 27 September, Toi Kiri: World Indigenous Tattoo Culture 2022; a gathering of indigenous practitioners of Tā Tatau, Tā Moko (Māori) and cultural arts exponents
SPACES LIMITED | ALL ARTISTS MUST BE REGISTERED
ARTIST EVENT
20 SEP - 22 SEP
NGĀ URI O MUTURANGI: ARTISTS SYMPOSIUM
WHAREROA MARAE
TAIAHO PLACE
MOUNT MAUNGANUI
Introducing for the first time in 2022, Ngā Uri o Muturangi opens its previously closed wānanga to industry artists to join in symposium presentations, workshops and artist talks held on the marae including:
Darcell Apelu: Legacy and Practice
Lissy Cole and Rudi Robinson: Transforming intergenerational trauma into deeply felt joy one crochet loop at a time
Iata Peautolu: Expressions of Niue
Gregory Williams: Haida Art and Culture
Kauae Raro: Nga Tae o Papatūānuku through paint making with Earth Pigment
Mera Penehira: Kaitiakitanga: The politics and power of protection and the moko/tatau (r)evolution
Julia Mage’au Gray: Tep Tok: Our Lines Connect Us
Julie Paama-Pengelly: Tā Moko visual literacy workshop
Kereama Taepa and Lance Ngata: NFTs opportunities and pitfalls
Te Kaha: Pounamu
Margaret Aull, Donita Hulme, and Yasbelle Kerkow: The Veiqia Project and Masi Making Workshop
Sian Montgomery-Neutze and Julie Paama-Pengelly: He Kōrero Moko
FULL IMMERSION ACTIVITY**
$75.00 PER DAY ACCESS**
Toi Kiri is an international wānanga-a-matauranga convention of indigenous arts practices embedded in Tā Moko, Tā Tatau, and Cultural Arts. Toi Kiri celebrates the cultural ethnic diversity of our New Zealand communities, sharing tohunga knowledge from leading international indigenous practitioners through festival, wānanga and symposium.
Ko taku toi taku ohooho! My origin is my awakening!
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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