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He Kapunga Oneone

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He Kapunga Oneone

Akoranga· Education

Teaching and Learning Plan

Atua for when you're gathering

Supporting material

Mātauranga · Knowledge

Onamata · Historical Context

Tikanga · Customary guides

O Nāianei · Contemporary Toi Māori

Te Hapūoneone · Our people

Ringatoi ‧ Artist Profiles

Kauae Raro Research Collective

Mātauranga ā-iwi

Folder: Akoranga· Education

Teaching and Learning Plan

Atua for when you're gathering

Supporting material

Folder: Mātauranga · Knowledge

Onamata · Historical Context

Tikanga · Customary guides

O Nāianei · Contemporary Toi Māori

Folder: Te Hapūoneone · Our people

Ringatoi ‧ Artist Profiles

Folder: Kauae Raro Research Collective

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He Kapunga Oneone: an online Māori earth pigment portal, curated by Kauae Raro Research Collective
Created with support from Toi Ake - Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku fund via CNZ (2021-22) and Manatū Taonga, Te Urungi Innovation Fund (2022-24)

Tukua mai he kapunga oneone ki au, hei tangi
Send me a handful of soil so that I may weep over it

Giving people an excuse to play in the mud is one of the best parts of our job.

This week we had the pleasure of guiding rangatahi from Te Whatatau ō Pūtauaki and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori ō Te Orini ki Ngāti Awa on our ancestral land.

In a Māori STEAM

This month we got to try something out that we've always thought would work a treat, makeup made with earth pigments.

Lanae enlisted Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Aupouri, Ngāti Ruanui makeup artist @mssjt_ to see how her soil-based pressed powders, lipsticks

Just add water 🌀

Went for a walk with whānau, which meant for days after we got to spend more time together touching, sorting and testing our hand gathered soil samples.

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1) a variety of pastel earth colours on a paint palette w