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About
Ko Ngāti Maniapoto te Iwi Ko Ngāti Waiora te hapū Ko Mōkau te Awa Ko Kahuwera te Maunga Ko Napinapi, Mōkau Kohunui, me Maniaroa ngā marae Ko Aria te rohe Ko Tīpare tōku ingoa I am a multi-media artist. Everything about me is multi. I was raised in multiple places,[…]
Stellar, He Wai
Stellar, He Wai
‘Stellar, He Wai’ is a multi-disciplinary works created for the 2023 Matariki ki Waikato regional celebration of the Māori New Year in the central North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Matariki is the appearance of a star cluster signifying to indigenous Māori the start in their specific lunar calendar. Sponsored by[…]
Music
Music
Maōri artist TĪPARE is no stranger to the music industry. Having grown up with a musician father and a mother in the music industry, it’s been a strong presence in her life from a young age. “I was raised in multiple places – from the Hawksberry River to Aria in[…]
Exhibition: UWHA
UWHA: Te Reo Tuatahi and Saline
1.With All Due Respect, 2018 1a. ‘Te Reo Tuatahi’, 1b.Vinyl on wall, 1c. Audio, (16min 50sec) ‘Te Reo Tuatahi’ 88 altered reproductions of individual passports in traditional Poutama formation with audio attached. Indigenous and migrant women of the Poutama discuss identity, the suffrage movement, mana wāhine, feminism, legal constraints on women, and[…]
Exhibition: IBMOM
UWHA: I became my own muse
UWHA: I became my own muse is an exhibition offering an alternative conversation to the popularised mythical narratives of wāhine Maori. Set in a modern construct, the artist works with the concept of deconstruction to allow a living contemporary expression of the Māori female experience. A multi-media experience consisting of poetry,[…]
Exhibition: Label Makers
Label Makers
‘Label Makers’ explores life in Auckland during the height of the pandemic. Obsession with internet communication, post colonial activism, the Black Lives Matter movement, pakeha occupation of Māori sites, alongside timeless Māori whenua (land) perspectives and emotional states. The series traverses the contradictions and complexities presented during a heightened state[…]
Media
Media
‘Quicksand’ single release interview with Māori Television ‘Abstract’ single release interview George FM ‘Label Makers’ exhibition interview with Māori Television ‘Abstract’ single release interview with Te Hiku FM George FM Te Ao Māori Liason Matariki Series 2023 George FM Te Ao Māori Liason Matariki Series 2023
Exhibition: Te Nehenehenui
Te Nehenehenui
‘Te Nehenehenui’ is a two part series encapsulating visions of the tribe I belong to, Ngāti Maniapoto, and the area we’re from, Te Nehenehenui. The first part is a commissioned series of videos for Maniapoto FM as part of the tribe’s language and culture revitalisation, highlighting tāngata whenua (original inhabitants)[…]
