Te Manu Huna a Tāne, 9780995123069
Hardcover
Women weave tradition, conservation, and culture in a sacred, profound art.

Te Manu Huna a Tāne

The hidden bird of Tane

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  • Hardcover

    88 pages

  • Release Date

    10 June 2020

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Summary

This special photo book documents a wananga (class) for three generations of women from Ngati Torehina Ki Mataka to learn the customary practice of preparing North Island brown kiwi for weaving. This passing on of customary knowledge developed out of a partnership between conservationists and weavers who returned accidentally killed kiwi to the hapu (family) of the rohe (district) in which they were found.

Weaving, perhaps the preeminent form of Māori women’s cultural expression, was …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780995123069
ISBN-10:0995123063
Author:Eugene Hansen, Jenny Gillam
Publisher:Massey University Press
Imprint:Massey University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:88
Release Date:10 June 2020
Weight:481g
Dimensions:220mm x 190mm x 1mm
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‘Look at this dead bird and feel the sight of it catch in your craw, claw at your throat, feel it spill from your eyes, this book should make you feel uncomfortable, this book should make you want things to be different, this book should make you move.’

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About The Author

Eugene Hansen

Jennifer Gillam is a photographer, writer and exhibiting multimedia artist. She is a senior lecturer and programme leader in Massey University’s Bachelor of Fine Arts. Her projects are often produced collaboratively with other artists or with experts from another field. She lives in Wellington.

Eugene Hansen (Maniapoto) is a senior lecturer at Massey University’s Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Wellington. Focusing on co-authoring and working collaboratively, he has a long-term multimedia art practice exhibiting nationally and internationally. Eugene attributes his interest in collaboration to growing up in the remote rural Māori community featured in this book, where cultural production was modelled as an inherently collaborative embracing of mātauranga Māori. He lives in Wellington.

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