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NEW
CARD SERIES
I
now have a new greeting card series,
comprised of 12 designs. There are three
sets of four available. Two sets are based
on well known Whakatauki or Maori proverbs
and one set on Nga Atua or the Gods.
The
inside of each card is blank so they can be
used for many occasions. An
explanation of the picture is provided on
the back of the card in both Maori and
English.
I
provide a full money back guarantee.
View
my Greeting
Cards Page
Tips
Don’t
Paint or write for anyone one but yourself.
Try
not to feel that approval is required for
your art to be accepted.
If
you can get over this, it will create a
product that will be honest and genuine.
Then
you will be on the right track to create a
masterpiece of your own.
Also
remember that everyone has different tastes.
Artwork and art styles are diverse, like
abstract and traditional. Who best to judge
your work then you!
Whakatauki
Proverbs
He
puta taua
ki
të tane,
he
whänau tamariki
ki
të wahine.
The
Battlefield for man,
Childbirth
for woman
My
Notes
Having
children changed my life and gave me
feelings of love that I had never felt
before. I know that one day I, like everyone
else will pass on and they will be on their
own. For me it’s a scary thought, as I
know that no one will love them and protect
them as I do.
They
have to be strong.
They
need to work hard and have an understanding
of life.
For
myself, my culture has given me this, and
through my culture an understanding of where
I come from.
My
ancestors.
Our
connection, as Maori to the land.
However
the most important thing is our connection
to all things of this earth. Mauri ora. All
things living. The life cycle.
Through
this the need to sustain nature so we too
can be sustainable
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Kiaora
He
mihi kia koe, welcome to the first edition
of Hinengaro, a quarterly e-panui.
Through
Hinengaro I hope to share my views, skills,
update whanau, friends and subscribers with
future events here in Te Hiku o te Ika, The
Far North.
Each
edition of Hinengaro will feature:
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Artists Space - Each
issue I will profile a different Taitokerau
Artist. This edition features Fred and
Alison Inch.
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Events - Upcoming
events in the region.
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Painting Profile - A
profiled painting in each edition which
describes the meaning and whakapapa of the
work. In this edition is a piece which will
be sold to raise funds for Miria Marae in
Waiomio.
-
Moemoea -
A
piece of writing, poetry or story I would
like to share.
-
Mauriora -
Get
connected! Discussion and views
on life.
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Whakatauki - A
Maori Proverb
-
Tautoko -
Space
for your input, ideas or information that
you may like to share.
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Painting Tips - Skill
Sharing.
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Free
Screensavers
in each panui.
Profiled Painting
This
painting is based on my iwi Ngäti Hine.
It
depicts the two main values that influence
the mana or strength and pride of all Iwi
– tupuna (ancestors) and whenua (land).
 In
this painting I have used my two cousins
Nathel and Moengaroa Reihana as models to
represent our tupuna or ancestors. There is
a well known Whakatauki that describes our
belief that we are one and the same. I
am the breath of my ancestor, he will never
die. Ko au, ko ia, ko ia, ko au.
I am he, he is me. This is both a
physical and spiritual connection. With my
cousins as models we share the same
bloodlines and therefore they are a part of
me and me of them.
In
the background is my Maunga (mountain),
Motatau.
The
proceeds from the sale of this painting will
be used towards the proposed new Whare Kai
or dining room at Miria Marae in Waiomio
To
use this image as a screensaver, are
you there Ngatihine, click
here
and I’ll email you an image of better
quality.
Artists
Space
Husband
and wife team, Alison and Fred Inch are Para
Para based Northern weavers with Iwi
connections to Ngati Kahu and Nga Puhi.
Together
they specialise in traditional and
contemporary Tukutuku panels and Manu Aute
or traditional kites. Alison is kept busy
weaving kete (flax kits) and Fred creates
beautiful carved bone pieces.
 One
wonders when they are able to find the time
as they also have a large whanau (family) to
look after including the moko’s
(grandchildren), the milking, the garden and
the fishing!
Alison
bakes a mean blackberry pie and Freds smoked
fish is too much!
Pictured
can be seen an example of one of their
panels which illustrates the quality of
their work. All the
natural resources are gathered locally. They
prefer all traditional materials.
For
enquiries and orders email alisonsweet696@hotmail.com
Tautoko
If
you would like to add to this panui, have
any feedback or ideas regarding what you
would like to see then email me and I can
add the information here.
Contact
Theresa
Exhibitions
Te
Hiku o te Ika, Melba St, Kaitaia
Kaitiakitanga
September
2005
tehiku@ihug.co.nz
Art
Bungalow, Kerikeri
Summer
Dreaming
(A celebration of a New Zealand
summer)
Nov
11 to
Dec 31 2005
enquiries@originalart.net.nz
Te
Whare Toi Tangata, Main Highway,
Moerewa
February
2006
www.tuna.maori.nz
Events
This
year has been a great year for Maori with
Matariki (Maori new year) being
promoted and acknowledged in Northland
through festivals, community projects and
arts programmes. There were so many
celebrations on that I didn’t know which
to attend.
On
19 June 2005
in Taipa we held a Waka (canoe) Regatta
which gave us a chance to showcase our
existing waka and the new NgatiKahu waka
“Rangimarie” to the wider community.
Netball and
Rugby
games were held, stalls and a hangi down on
the waterfront at Taipa Point.
This
festival and Regatta will be a yearly event
and will kick start the Matariki
celebrations next year.
Kia ora San Francisco
We have five representatives from the North who
will be participating in the Indigenous arts
festival in
San Francisco
at the end on this month and they are all
great ambassadors for Maori. This is a
unique chance for Maori to showcase our
traditional arts and customs with this
cultural exchange between Native Americans
and Maori.
On
4 August 2005 our waka will travel under the
Golden Gate bridge at Dawn to be greeted by
a representative group from
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San Francisco
’s First Nations tribe, Ohlone Tribe where
they will receive a Korowai.
Also
participating in the event Taa Moko and
Raranga Roopu and Kapa Haka.
To
check on all events in the North check out www.taitokerau.co.nz
Moemoea
My
Darling, My Honey
Could
anyone love their children,
As
much as I love mine?
This
love is so intense,
It
swells my heart to bursting,
It
leaves me stunned at the beauty I have
created.
How
could such a perfect little person,
Come
from one as ordinary as I?
 Does
anyone gaze with watery eyes,
At
the precious face of their child,
And
simply melt at the tilt of the chin,
The
clear sparkle of the eyes,
The
unblemished skin,
And
the look of curiosity and wonder,
That
seems forever etched there?
And
what about those hands?
I
wish those tubby little fingers, Wrapped
around my large and
calloused
one,
Will
stay,
Interlocked
to me,
Forever.
My
love grows stronger every day!
It
makes them, to me, more
vulnerable.
Stay
innocent forever!
I
fear already their maturity and the
awareness,
And
understanding it brings.
Bullshit
city for me, but please not them.
Does
anyone look at their child and cry for their
future?
My
Darling, my Honey,
Love
me forever,
Sorry
for the pains you will suffer as you grow,
Always
remember, Mummy will be here.
Copyright©1999
Theresa Reihana
Mauriora
- Get connected!
Toi
a Nuku, the exhibition at Geoff
Wilson
Gallery
in Whangarei held this month combined art
from the earth and the theme, or a concept I
was given for the exhibition was a
comparison to the movement of Papatüänuku,
mother earth.
The
brief from the coordinators was quite
interesting as I have been contemplating
this very topic for a while now.
Obviously
with the massive destruction caused by the
Tsunami and also with the Earthquakes and
floods we have had here in Aotearoa.
This
is the power of nature. The stirring of the
earth.
All
things living are connected.
This
cycle is the life cycle that connects us all
from the smallest plankton or grass to a
Kauri tree and an elephant.
We
need to start looking after ourselves by
looking after our providers and we really
need to appreciate all living things around
us.
Its
time to get re-connected to life.
Mauriora
- Get
connected!
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