Banner design by Son La Pham of ddmmyy, with help from Bridget Riggir-Cuddy of Artspace.
Poster design by Son La Pham of ddmmyy, with help from Bridget Riggir-Cuddy of Artspace.
Story poster design by Son La Pham of ddmmyy, with help from Bridget Riggir-Cuddy of Artspace.
Photographic documentation by Raymond Sagapolutele
Te Karanga a Hape Hīkoi
Te Karanga a Hape Hīkoi was a protest event made in collaboration with members of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, the Save Our Unique Landscape (SOUL), and the creative community of Karangahape Road, 2017.
Kaupapa:
• Symbolically connect Ihumātao with Karangahape Rd, through the shared story of Hape.
• Advocate for the protection and future management of the Ihumātao whenua and awa by mana whenua.
• Promote mana whenua visibility and connection through a celebratory creative kaupapa.
Ihumātao is the place where the tupuna Hape alighted when he arrived in Aotearoa at the end of his voyage from the ancient homeland of Hawaiki. Hape is a central character in many oral histories for the Tāmaki Makaurau region, for example Karangahape Road memorializes his historical call. SOUL performed the celebratory hīkoi on Karangahape Road so as to connect the two sites and to highlight our conservation kaupapa for a wider Tāmaki Makaurau audience.
SOUL is a community-driven campaign group that is inclusive of diverse tauiwi (non-Māori), Ihumātao residents, and is led by mana whenua whānau members (Māori with traditional custodial authority). The SOUL whānau is attempting to stop the development of a fast-tracked Special Housing Area (SHA62) on the whenua of Ihumātao, because we are certain that the housing development will destroy highly significant features in the area, including urupā (cemetery), puna (springs) and tūpuna maunga (ancestral mountain).
Links for Te Karanga a Hape Hīkoi:
Spinoff article by Leonie Hayden
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