Wānanga #03 Details

Mana Wāhine, Mana Tākaro: He Kaupapa Whakanui i te Ira Wāhine

This wānanga is a space for taitamawahine to move, create, and connect through tākaro (play). Rooted in pūrākau Māori (Māori creation narratives), this kaupapa embraces the playful spirit of exploration, expression, and whakapapa (ancestry). Through practices grounded in Te Ao Māori—such as experiementing with ngā taonga pūoro (Māori instruments), fashioning objects using uku (clay), and engaging in a variety of taonga tākaro (traditional Māori games)—participants will begin to shape their own narratives, experience the joy of movement and celebrate being unapologetically Wāhine Māori!

Wānanga #03

Rā: Saturday, 29th March 2025

Wāhi: Old St Michaels Building, Corbans Estate, Henderson

Kaupapa:

Atua Wāhine:

Dr Nikki Penetito-Hemara

Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Porou

Born and raised in Manurewa, South Auckland, Māmā of 4, I'm a researcher, a disruptor of systems that don't work for Māori, a tākaro practitioner, a strategist, and a driver of positive social change for indigenous communities. We live and breathe tākaro, kori tinana and hākinakina in our whare. This means I love a good dose of competition; I embrace the concept of hīanga and I'm a bit of a haututū at heart. He tīwaiwaka ahau nā Māui!