Te Kūpenga o Taramainuku photographic exhibition by Ngāti Awa artist Simone Magner 26/09/20 at 3.00 pm

Te Kupenga o Taramainuku is a photographic exhibition by Ngāti Awa artist Simone Magner.  Te Kupenga o Taramainuku pā in Te Teko was once the hub of Rangitaiki.  In September 1865 Rangitaiki was invaded by Government Forces and their allies where a siege took place only weeks later.  Simone is an uri of Hetaraka Te Tawhero who was a witness to events that led to siege.

Event Name: Te Kūpenga o Taramainuku photographic exhibition by Ngāti Awa artist Simone Magner
Date: 26/09/20
Time: 3.00 pm
Location: Whakatāne Community Board Gallery, Te Kōputu a te Whanga a Toi (Whakatāne Library and Exhibition Centre)

Ngā Puaroa Horonuku – Ngāti Awa Wāhi Tapu EP 1.3

Ko ngā kōrero e pā ana ki a Ōpihi Whānaungakore me ngā toka tapu ki te wahapū o Whakatāne.

This clip pertains to Ōpihi where only the dead live and the some of the sacred rocks at the Whakatāne River entrance. This clip pertains to sky father and earth mother down to Tiwakawaka who according to tradition was the first Māori that landed at Aotearoa.

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