Puaka Matariki Festival 2013 WEEK 1 Saturday 8 June – FRIDay 14 June ISLAND SUMMER – PACIFIC UNDERGROUND TE WHAKANUI O MATARIKI Saturday 8 June, 7pm CELEBRATING MATARIKI Sunday 9 June, 12.30pm – 3.30pm Island Summer – Pacific Underground celebrates the music of Samoa beautifully arranged for guitar Matariki is a time to prepare, learn, share ideas, and by Pos Mavaega and featuring Hiliako Iaheto and to celebrate the future. Join the wha–nau to celebrate Rangitakau Tekii. Pacific culture and music with a Matariki with a huge range of activities including contemporary spin make this Matariki celebration as taiaha, weaving kites to connect to Ranginui, planting fresh as frangipani! a tree to connect to Papatu––anuku and acknowledging whakapapa and t–akoha to k–aumatua. Venue: Fortune Theatre, 231 Stuart Street Venue: Arai te Uru Marae Tickets: Fortune Theatre / (03) 477 8323 24 Shetland Street, Wakari www.fortunetheatre.co.nz Cost: Free Contact: Vicky Totoro / 027 2549328 I AM HERE; HERE I AM
[email protected] Monday 10 June – Friday 5 July, 9am to 4pm Weekdays sites.google.com/site/araiteuru/ An exhibition to celebrate the diversity of life. Artists reflect on their place in the world as marginalized and disabled artists and their personal relationship with Papatu–a–nuku and her people. Venue: The Margaret Freeman Gallery 83 Moray Place Cost: Free Contact: Marnie Walters, Connections Education and Development Trust (03) 474 5949 /
[email protected] _ _ WARRINGTON OKAHAU PUAKA MATARIKI WEEK Monday 10 June, 6.30pm (weather dependent) _ Join the Warrington Oka–hau community for a lantern parade, kapa haka, waiata, individual student performances and kai.