Kia ora koutou,

Please find details of our upcoming Paraikete Whero wananga :

Kaeo Town Hall: Saturday 28 Feb: 9 am to 6 pm

Recommendation: Consider starting a paraikete visual diary/journal to document your creative process, containing research, drawings, ideas, inspiration, references that support your exploration of the Paraikete Whero experience.

Kaupapa: Tahaawaitanga

Here are some patai to activate your Hinengaro….

How could you represent your pepeha using symbols, signs, pictures, patterns, text?

How could you represent Tahaawai whakapapa korero eg He Whakaputanga, Te Tiriti, using symbols, signs, pictures, pattern, text?

How could you represent the past, present and future of Tahaawai using symbols, signs, patterns, text?

How could you represent Hapurangatiratanga? What does it mean and look like to you?

What is the message you would like to leave behind for your moko using symbols, signs, pictures, patterns, text.

Visual library

Collect visuals, imagery, photographs, Tohu/symbols, text as image and colour, that best describe visually the message or image you are representing. Store them in your visual diary for referencing.

Materials and equipment

Base to work on – Paraikete Whero or red fabric

Selection of fabrics and textiles, sewing needles, cotton, wool for stitching, sharp scissors, a visual diary for storing ideas/influences/drawings.

Layout: Do some experimental drawings of how you might lay your imagery out on your paraikete, this will help you understand how your visuals will sit and how the narrative you are expressing, flows.

Equipment provided: Tables and chairs

Venue facilities: Toilets, fully equipped kitchen.

Please bring a plate for shared lunch and a gold coin koha to go towards venue hire.

Nga mihi,

Yazma.