Choose an activity from the list below

Traditional tattoo

Ed knows getting a tattoo hurts!

1. Open the Samoan tattoo website and scroll down to watch the video.
2. Read "talking tattoo".
3. Open the Traditional tattoo document and write about the following:
   • Explain the reasons why people receive a traditional tattoo in Samoa.
   • In a paint program design a tattoo that you would wear, and explain what its meaning would be for you.
   • Insert your tattoo into the Microsoft word document with the answers.

Email your work to ed@tki.org.nz

Pacific legend

Legends are stories which may have started with a grain of truth and have been exaggerated and retold until they have passed into the realm of fiction. They are about mythical or supernatural beings or events. Retell or re-enact the legend of Kupe as a digital story, video, or PowerPoint.

1. For PowerPoint you will need:
   • sound
   • pictures
   • specific information.
2. For a digital story:
   • Open the Cookbooksite, click on Storyboarding and read through the tutorial. Scroll down the tutorial page and click on "Here's how the story board would be laid out" for an example of how to plan a storyboard.
   • Scroll down the Storyboarding page and download the "storyboard planning sheet". Save it your work folder, then plan your story including sound, narrative, and pictures.
3. For video you will need to:
   • fill out the script
   • plan, practice and decide on appropriate background and sound
   • video your legend
   • edit.

Email your legend to ed@tki.org.nz

Modern myths

Myths are stories shared by a group which are part of their cultural identity. They explain origins and validate social issues.

1. Read through the two creation myths below:
   • Tongan creation myth.
   • Samoan creation myth
2. Identify the key similarities in the explanation of how the Earth was created and inhabited and identify those things which make each story unique to their culture.

Email your work to ed@tki.org.nz

Michel Tuffery

Michel Tuffery is a popular New Zealand-born Samoan artist. His work is in the style of Pop Art. He often uses re-cycled rubbish such as corn beef cans to make his art.

1. Check out Michel's work and find out three or four main ideas about his work including the materials, the ideas he is trying to convey, and how he has incorporated his Samoan heritage.
   Christchurch City Art gallery
   "Corned beef cans"
   Tautai contemporary Pacific Arts Trust
   
2. Now look at The Best of British trash art. Compare Michel Tuffery's corned beef bulls with what the English artist has created.
3. Make you own art work using recycled materials. Photograph your end result and send a copy to wiki@tki.org.nz

Michel Tuffery

He kaitaurima tino rongonui a Micael Tuffery, ko ōna tātai whakapapa ki Hāmoa, ēngari i whānau mai i Aotearoa nei. Ko tōna momo mahinga ko te Pop Art. Ka whakamahia e ia ngā taonga hangarua pēnei i ngā kēna corn beef hei hanga i āna mahinga toi.

1. Tirohia ngā mahi a Michel, ka rapu kia 3, kia 4 rānei ngā whakaaro matua mō āna mahi, pēnei i ngā rawa i whakamahia, ngā whakaaro kei te whakaputaina e ia, me tāna rau ake i tana taha Hāmoa ki roto i āna mahi.
   Christchurch City Art gallery
   "Corned beef cans"
   Tautai contemporary Pacific Arts Trust
   
2. Me tiro ki te hono ki ngā mahi "Best of British trash art". Whakaōritehia ngā mahi a Michel Tuffery ki ngā mahi o te kaitaurima o Ingarangi.
3. Hangaia ā ō ake mahinga toi mā te whakamahi i ngā parapara. Whakaahuatia te otinga atu ō āu mahi ka tono i tētahi kape ki a wiki@tki.org.nz

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