Tag: taonga

Keeping the taonga warm

“Much of Mina McKenzie’s legacy is intangible. It exists in the way museums today work to keep taonga warm — by connecting with tangata whenua, and understanding that communities are as important as collections.” — Tanja Rother.

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Encountering the ancestors

“One of the compelling themes that emerges in Toi Te Mana is that art objects are not just physical but spiritual entities, embedded as they are in whakapapa, possessing a life force and spirit that endures through time.” — Kennedy Warne.

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Ngāti Kuri takes flight

“Our Māori knowledge is thousands of years old. It ties in every element and aspect of the world — it can teach us a lot about the planet in this age of climate change and environmental sustainability.”

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