Onamata
Historical Contexts
Kauae Raro Research Collective encourages Māori to reconnect to te taiao through sharing mātauranga.
Our tūpuna lived with the knowledge, understanding and skills to enact kaitiakitanga in an active, life-long way. Below are a series of articles exploring the historical and cultural contexts of Māori earth pigments and how belonging to the land is embedded in us as tāngata whenua.
Louise Furey – Use of Kōkōwai
Looking at the kōrero about pukepoto
Whenua is embeded in Māori material culture
Early Accounts of Māori makeup
Nga toi ana: Maori rock art
Honouring the Mana of our Tamariki
Ngā moteatea horu
Tapu, noa, kokowai and the everyday
Whenua as adornment in kapa haka
Ki te ao marama: introduction to colour theory a tirohanga Māori
In a teaspoon of dirt, a whole world
Bronte Perry: he oneone ahau
Restoring the future pigments in cultural heritage
