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Te Hono ki Aotearoa: Film Screening

Ticket Information

  • Free Admission

Dates

  • Tue 11 Feb 2020, 5:45pm–8:30pm

Restrictions

All Ages

Celebrate an extraordinary intercultural partnership.

To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of an extraordinary intercultural partnership which culminated in the creation and exchange of the ceremonial waka taua ‘Te Hono ki Aotearoa’ the Dutch Embassy supported by the National Library will screen the film, followed by kōrero and refreshments.

A living connection between Dutch and Māori cultures
‘Te Hono ki Aotearoa’ follows the journey of a waka taua (ceremonial canoe) hewn from a 600-year-old Kauri. The waka taua was ceremonially gifted, on permanent loan, to the Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden, the Netherlands. It is the first and only case in which another culture is entrusted with the custody of a waka.

New Zealand film maker Jan Bieringa created a film, which traces an extraordinary intercultural partnership from the commission, construction and handover of the waka. The waka taua is appropriately named ‘Te Hono ki Aotearoa’, and can be translated to “The Link New Zealand”.

Netherlands Ambassador Mira Woldberg will give the opening remarks of the 10th anniversary of the waka, a living connection between Dutch and Māori cultures.

Panel discussion
Following the film screening is a panel discussion comprising:

Steven Engelsman, the former Director of the Volkenkunde Museum
Alex Miesen, member of the Dutch waka crew who look after the waka
Jan Bieringa, Director of “Te Hono ki Aotearoa”
Tamahou Temara, Toi Māori Aotearoa Operations Manager

Image: Te Hono ki Aotearoa on the river Thames for the Queens jubilee. Image used with permission.

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