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Listen to Paul Diamond, one of the curator’s of Pūkana, talk about the exhibition.
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Origin stories
Their performance was so irresistible that Kae smiled broadly, revealing his distinctive overlapping teeth – Valance Smith
Camera on the shore
Māori perspectives of performance — what is it like to be a performer.
Rhythm and movement
Haka a Tānerore: Me te mea tērā ko te haka a Tānerore, e wiriwiri nei i te raumati | It was as if it was the shimmering of heat haze in the summer – Te Puke ki Hikurangi
Performance and grief
He wāhine tangi haehae, he ngaru moana e kore e matoki | For grieving women and ocean waves, there is no rest – Leo Fowler Collection ATL Ref. 77-014-1/17
Ngā Puna Waihanga
Nga Puna Waihanga is a great thing to inspire the young generation to carry on. I would not like to see it lost — Dr Rangimarie Hetet
Making our voices heard
The marae ātea is the Māori stage and the drama of whatever was happening at the marae was played out there — Te Haumihiata Mason
The ‘Māori strum’
See the Māori strum . . . jingajik a jingajik. That’s what they call it, ‘Do you know the jingajik, bro?’ – Jamie McCaskill
Porgy and Bess
One thing is certain: neither opera, nor Maori entertainment is ever likely to be the same in New Zealand after Porgy and Bess — Auckland Star, 25 February 1965
Māori and Pasifika
We come chanting, we come singing, we come proudly from Rangiātea, there our seed was sown We come, still voyaging by star canoes by aurora australis — Witi Ihimaera, ‘Oh Numi Tutelar’
Ans Westra
These are real people. No one can accuse Ans Westra of favouritism, as her subjects are from the four points of the compass . . . Ans Westra has seen and then shown the Māori people as they are – N. P. K. Puriri
Performing careers
Once you embrace the audience, share your experience of what you do and they will come with you — and you can feel it. It’s manipulation in a way, but it’s the most wonderful feeling. — George Henare, as told to Katherine Findlay
Complete curator’s talk
Hear the whole of Paul Diamond’s talk as he walks through the Pūkana exhibition.
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Cartoons and comics of New Zealand
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Pictures of musical note
A country divided — 1981 Springbok Tour
The long waves of our ocean: New responses to Pacific poems
Between skin & shirt: The photographic portraits of William Harding
Explore Between skin & shirt: The photographic portraits of William Harding
Trouble in Paradise: Climate change in the Pacific
Explore Trouble in Paradise
Mīharo Wonder: 100 Years of the Alexander Turnbull Library
Explore Mīharo Wonder
Pūkana: moments in Māori performance
Pūkana — curator’s talk
Origin stories
Camera on the shore
Rhythm and movement
Performance and grief
Ngā Puna Waihanga
Making our voices heard
The ‘Māori strum’
Porgy and Bess
Māori and Pasifika
Ans Westra
Performing careers
Complete curator’s talk
Kurawaka — Reaching into the red clay: Shaping gender justice in Aotearoa
Kurawaka handout
Tōku reo, tōko ohooho: Māori language petition 50th anniversary exhibition
The breathing sea: Three short films
Tohe | Protest
Precious
Precious workbook — Ages 7 to 11
Precious workbook — Ages 11 and up
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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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