West Auckland-based artist Cathy Livermore (Waitaha, Kati Mamoe, Kai Tahu) created The Whau Project to activate and empower community collaboration across diverse cultures to care for our shared waters of this whenua we collectively call home. Waiora, life-giving energy carried within waters, is a shared fundamental life principle and need recognized by all traditional cultures. […]
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We will come together as a community to learn about manaaki whenua, tikanga for gathering, preparing and weaving of the wahakura. Together we will weave one wahakura and decide as a group who it will be gifted to This wānanga promotes 3-whiri based wahakura, sustaining strength and integrity in its foundations. This type of wahakura
Saturday 6 April, 10am-12pm, Olympic park, New LynnSaturday 13 April, 10am-12pm, Craigavon Park, Green Bay$10Bookings required: frankie.c@oaa.co.nz Join us for a morning art workshop in the park. Through ceremonial sense tea tasting and meditation, learning eastern knotting techniques and discussion, artist Frankie Chu will lead you through an experience that will create conscious connections between
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The Kitchen is about the pleasure of writing and eating and sharing. It is about celebrating each other’s stories and making new connections between neighbours. The Kitchen is a writing workshop series centred around coming together in each other’s kitchens to share stories. Life is busy. It isn’t always easy to get to know the
Artist Ryan Sun is collecting small plastic bottles to create a sculpture called the Tree of Life. His collection vessel, the Hundun is popping up at events around the Whau over summer Including: Avondale Christmas Market December 2, 2018Movies in the Parks, Brains Park, Kelston, Friday March 1, 2019Eco West Fest launch, Avondale Central, Saturday
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Jody and Melissa would like to invite you to an evening of kai, conversation, art and games. We believe that an arts community that eats together makes great projects together and so we are putting on a dinner. This is an opportunity to get together with all the people who make art happen in our
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlYjuFIoEg4 Learn how to create your own animation! Spangle the Storyteller introduces stories inspired by the rich and varied history of the Whau river and local area. Participants will learn how to bring these tales to life through cut out animation. All participants receive an email link to the finished animations, to keep and share!
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If you are interested in learning how to do Raranga Weaving, come along and join the Avondale Whau Weavers for 2 workshops on the 3rd and 10th of October. In these workshops you will learn raranga kaupapa.– How to harvest Harakeke/Flax– How to prepare your flax using the paua shell technique. Workshop 1 – October
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Whau Community Orchestra ConcertSaturday 8 September 2018St Ninnian’s Hall, St Georges Bay, AvondaleFree Join us for an evening of world music featuring Greek, Argentinian, Indian and contemporary American pieces performed by local musicians. The evening will feature raga, folk and devotional songs from India, a tango from Argentina and a Greek lament performed on both
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Taking place across three dates in autumn and spring 2018, Field Book is an ongoing series of guided walks along the margins of Te Whau river. Hosted by HOOP-LA the walks explore riverside reserves, discover little known monuments and other semi-public spaces. Through hospitality and acts of gentle trespass, and by providing an ongoing cumulative document, the Field
