Christchurch City Libraries are proud to be hosting a very special exhibition in Te Pito Huarewa/Southbase Gallery, Tūranga. From 4pm Saturday 26 January, visitors to our new central library, Tūranga, will be able to explore the history, landscape and names of Canterbury and Banks Peninsula through an exhibition of the Ngāi Tahu Cultural Mapping Project…
Tāngata Ngāi Tahu – WORD Christchurch 2018
Tāngata Ngāi Tahu: People of Ngāi Tahu. Volume One is a new book celebrating the rich and diverse lives of fifty people of Ngāi Tahu. It was published by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Bridget Williams Books in late 2017, and released to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement.…
Kā Huru Manu: My names are the treasured cloak which adorns the land: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Takerei Norton and Helen Brown along with David Higgins from the cultural mapping team at Ngāi Tahu presented a session on Kā Huru Manu, the Ngāi Tahu digital atlas dedicated to recording and mapping traditional Māori place names and histories in the Ngāi Tahu tribal area. David Higgins set the scene for what would prove…
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