Previous Projects
We've been growing our experiences in this mahi since 2018 as students of Kura Kaupapa Māori. Proud uri of wayfinding tūpuna, our rōpū of rangatahi Māori & rangitehi Moriori work to imagine positive pathways and create impact through community-centered kaupapa.
For kaupapa queries, please contact us here
Hou Rongo
Hou Rongo offers an immersive look at the culture of New Zealand's indigenous Moriori people, blending tradition with innovative technology to evoke the feeling of being on Rēkohu (the Chatham Islands) amid the realms of the etchu (elements).
The Hou Rongo exhibition was co-designed to combine Totohungatanga Moriori with innovative technology to support cultural revitalisation of New Zealand’s indigenous Moriori people of Rēkohu (Chatham Islands) and is supported by a team of scientists, musicians and media artists from Rēkohu and abroad.
Project Rangatahi supported the development of the Hou Rongo interactive website which you can view here
Kanapu
Kanapu is a programme designed by New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence,
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, to connect, attract, nurture and accelerate Māori talent and leadership in research, science, innovation and technology (RSIT).
Project Rangatahi created digital resources for Kanapu including these visuals by Amber Miriama Hammond.
Ū Mai Ko Te Taniwha
Ū Mai Ko Te Taniwha is a collaboration between a Wairoa and Te Reinga storyteller Richard Niania (Ngai Kohatu). Under-pinning the collaborative show were the interconnected rivers flowing into Te Wairoa Hōpupu Hōngenge Matangi Rau, and beneath the ancestral mountain Whakapunake o te mātau a Māui Tikitiki-a-Taranga and tipuna mātauranga linked to the Takitimu journey, captured by Niania.
Project Rangatahi supported the exhibition through the facilitation of 3 mahi toi workshops at the Wairoa Museum that were open to the public and local schools. The workshops focused on Harakeke paper and natural charcoal pigment.
Te Reo o Te Raua & Waiatai wānanga reo
He mihi nui ki Te Mātāwai me Te Pae Motuhake mō Te Tairāwhiti mō ngā pūtea whakatinana i ēnei wānanga. Tirohia http://www.tematawai.maori.nz/
We would like to thank Te Mātāwai and Te Pae Motuhake mō Te Tairāwhiti for funding this wānanga series. Check out http://www.tematawai.maori.nz/
Te Reo o Te Raua was the first of two whānau focused wānanga reo connecting us to te taiao through whakawhitiwhiti kōrero, waiata, mahi toi & whanaungatanga. Te Reo o Waiatai was the second whānau focused wānanga reo connecting us to te taiao through whakawhitiwhiti kōrero, waiata, mahi toi & whanaungatanga.
Tangata Whenua wānanga & exhibition
Ko te mihi nui ki a Ranginui rāua ko Papatuānuku. Tū mai rā, tū mai ra, tū mai rā.
This is a show about connection across whenua, and is a response to the previous exhibition by Hoea! Gallery, Whakahoki/a which brought together works by Ngāti Kahungunu artists living away from home.
As regular visitors to the Museum we visited Whakahoki/a before Cyclone Gabrielle. Through social media we connected up with Mel who invited us to create a show, helping us to turn our ideas into our first collective exhibition - Tangata Whenua.
We started this kaupapa at Pūtahi Marae with our whānau creating whenua pigments and painting portraits of loved ones. He mihi mutunga kore ki te whānau aroha o Pūtahi Marae me te kuia Hinepehinga.
As Te Wairoa rangatahi, we wanted to use natural resources from around here; threading together taonga feathers, while making use of invasive plants like pampas. We're really keen to share the skills and stories we've learnt through wānanga and workshops so please get in touch with us at kaikokiri@projectrangatahi.co.nz
Tangata Whenua is a show of the pukenga, taonga, and aroha of whānau, hapū, and hapori - community. We share these mahi toi with hopes that you'll do the same.
We've been blessed by the tautoko shown by Hoea! Whare Whakaatu Toi, the Wairoa Museum, Melanie Tangaere-Baldwin, Ayesha Green, Michelle Kerr, me Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Ngāti Kahungunu o Te Wairoa.
Kaitoi - Artists:
Rāhiri Mākuini Edwards-Hammond, HineAio Apatari, Narrell Botica, Amber Hammond, Te Moananui a Kiwa Ryan, Atareta Black, Aniwaniwa Raukura Black, TeRauhina Lewis, Leo, Amythest, Johnson, Mokoera, Rongo Ross, Ayesha Green, Melanie Tangaere-Baldwin, Miriama Hammond
He Puna Reorua
Partnering with Te Wairoa Reorua 2040, Te Taiwhenua o Te Wairoa, and the Wairoa District Council, Project Rangatahi are honoured to kōkiri, He Puna Reorua; a project exploring publicly-available data and community reorua aspirations.
"Ko te kaupapa o He Puna, he kaupapa reorua kia whakamōhio i te waihangatanga o tētahi puna pāpori o ngā kohinga (raraunga) o Te Wairoa e noho mārakerake kē ana. Hei aha, kia tūhono anō tātau o Te Wairoa whānui ki ō tātau kōrero ake, raraunga ake, ara ake.
He Puna Reorua is a bilingual kaupapa (project, vision) working towards a reorua (bi- & multi-lingual) community puna (database, portal, collection) which will share publicly accessible local knowledge and info from the Te Wairoa district. The purpose of this mahi (work, project) is to connect us to our own local stories, data, and opportunities."
We've launched He Puna Reorua - tirohia!
Te Wairoa Reo Rangatahi
Partnering with Te Wairoa Reorua 2040, Project Rangatahi presents Te Wairoa Reo Rangatahi!
Launched in October 2021, this project gave Te Wairoa rangatahi a chance to ideate and initiate a personal project to grow bilingualism in the Te Wairoa community. 30 rangatahi attended our 2-hour workshops where we explored what reoruatanga looks like in Te Wairoa and had a hand at prototyping possible projects.
Following the workshops, 7 participants went on to receive $500 of funding and supporting resource to progress their kaupapa over 3 months!
Te Wairoa Reo Rangatahi closed with our Virtual Premiere in March '22 where we shared videos and kōrero of the rangatahi and their pursuits with our hapori.
Hine Aio | Kahu Attire
He ao te rangi ka uhia, mā te huruhuru te manu ka rere!
Rere mai e Kahu!
Hine Aio joins us in this kiriata to share her pakihi and love of kākāhu and ahurea Māori.
Rongomaiwahine | Toi Rongo
Ko te parehuia he tohu rangatira, ko Rongomaiwahine o Nukutaurua!
Tēnei te reo rōreka o Rongomaiwahine me tāna kaupapa, a Toi Rongo.
Wiki | My Foundation
Mōhaka harara, taupunga, opunga.
Tēnei te mihi e Wiki, our tuakana through this kaupapa.
Here Wiki shares her project, My Foundations!
Tewai | Ngā roimata o Tūmatauenga
E te pia, e te mokopuna.
Nau mai e Tewai me ō tini whakaaro, ō tini pukenga.
Tewai presents her bilingual children's book which explores unique interpretation of kōrero tukuiho and atua Māori.
Tirohia te kiriata nei! A throwback to our kura days where we began creating hapori and rangatahi focused content