“Throughout colonisation, throughout everything that’s happening still today, we can draw strength from our art.” — Professor Ngarino Ellis, art historian and co-author of ‘Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art’.
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“My wero is, if you want to bring folks together and magic them to feel something, anything, at a time where the government is tūtae-ing on our heads, maybe write a play about it?” — Dr Nicola Hyland.
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“When Government policy is enforcing an intensified focus on marketability as the primary criterion for arts funding, it is worth reviving a different kind of theatre.” — Barry King.
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“Art, music, poetry — that’s how Indigenous people fight back. We don’t have weapons. We don’t want weapons. We have a voice. We have creativity. We have brightness and talent.” — Maungarongo Te Kawa.
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Visiting Toi Tū Toi Ora, Auckland Art Gallery’s exhibition of contemporary Māori art, is like being invited to a wānanga in cosmology and culture, writes Kennedy Warne.
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