Activities
3. Robyn Kahukiwa - contemporary Māori painter
a) Tribal affiliations
Go to BEGINNINGS - Māori. Select any of the tribal affiliations listed (blue) and you will see a Pop Up showing all the tribal areas of Aotearoa.
Which ones can you associate with, through whakapapa, geographical region and stories?
b) Māori Mythology
Find the Pop Up Māori Mythology (blue).
This gives details on the creation myth. If you go to LIFE AS AN ARTIST - Awards you will be able to find out about another one.
What other myths do you know about?
Do you know any about birds? Lizards? Taniwha? Humans?
c) Traditional Māori Art
What were the purposes of traditional Māori art?
What do you know about any of the following Pop Ups?
Weaving
Kowhaiwhai
Moko
Carving
Poi
Tititorea
What comparisons can you make with Polynesian Visual Art?(blue)
d) Contemporary Māori Artists
Robyn Kahukiwa is a well known contemporary Māori visual artist.
What can you find out about her work?
The following people are also well known Māori artists working in other disciplines.
Choose one and find out about their lives and work.
Cliff Whiting
Apirana Taylor
Rangimoana Taylor
Riwia Brown
Shona Rapira Davies
e) Works
Go to WORKS and locate each of the following titles from Robyn Kahukiwa's works.
After reading and viewing the pages make two comments:
a. What is this art work about?
b. What can you see?
NGA ATUA KI MUA
POSTERS
TANIWHA
THE KUIA AND THE SPIDER
TIHEI MAURIORA
WAHINE TOA
4. Your choice to research
Patricia Grace - contemporary Māori writer
Select Patricia Grace's story, and work at your own pace to find out how she is a key artist involved in nurturing and maintenance of Māori culture and heritage.
For starters go to:
BACKGROUND - Whakapapa, Childhood, Family.
INFLUENCES - Māori writers.
Sima Urale - contemporary film-maker
Select Sima Urale's story and work at your own pace to find out how she is an artist involved in promoting the issues surrounding migration to Aotearoa New Zeakand.
For starters go to:
O TAMAITI
CHILDHOOD - Samoa, Family
