Name: Rangi Matariki
Start: 2020-07-14T06:00:00+12:00
Location: Rosebank Park Domain

Rangi Matariki

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery is a regional gallery locally rooted in West Auckland but globally minded. We have a distinctive West Auckland focus but a national and international perspective. Through our programmes, we create a world stage for art that is relevant for our audiences, to put local art, artists and ideas in conversation and context with national and international developments in contemporary practice. We present a diverse programme of contemporary exhibitions, events and activities, including art, craft and design, to reflect and strengthen the full diversity of cultural identities, interests and potential of our community.As a destination gallery, Te Uru operates from an award-winning, building in the recently re-opened Lopdell Precinct. The gallery originally opened in 1986 as the Waitemata City Arts and Cultural Centre, later known as Lopdell House Gallery, sited in the historic Lopdell House building in the heart of Titirangi, gateway to the Waitākere rain forest and en route to Auckland's famous west coast beaches. We reopened as Te Uru on Saturday 1 November 2014 in our new purpose-built facilities, offering extraordinary exhibitions and spectacular views of the surrounding area.Our name, Te Uru, makes reference to Te Hau a Uru, the wind that blows from the west, a powerful characteristic of the region and an important story for local iwi, Te Kawerau ā Maki, who have bestowed us with this new kaupapa. The west wind shares the messages and vision of the people that live in the west, brings change, sets direction and influences Auckland City from its mountainous perch atop the Great Forest of Tiriwa. Te Uru will be a source of information and ideas that will project across the region - a fitting framework for a contemporary gallery.420 Titirangi Road, Titirangi, Auckland, New ZealandPhone:+64 9 817 8087Open: Monday-Sunday, 10am-4:30pmhttp://www.teuru.org.nz/Parking available on the street or behind the gallery.Public transport - buses and trains available from New Lynn transit station

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Join storyteller and orator Pīta Turei on the knoll of Rangimatariki as matariki rises

Rosebank Park Domain

Join storyteller and orator Pīta Turei on the knoll of Rangimatariki for the third in a series of oratory events that open up moments in time and place for Walking about. From Rangimatariki there is a view across the Waitematā Harbour and out to the eastern horizon in the outer Hauraki Gulf where the matariki constellation can be seen. Standing on the knoll, we will observe matariki rising and listen to Pīta share histories of Tāmaki. Then, as dawn emerges, we’ll hikoi out to Motu Manawa across the mud flats.Standing on the point of Rangimatariki, a history of the land and people can be told. One that anchors our cognisance of celestial progression through observation and the sharing of the oral histories of Tāmaki Makaurau. It is a history that acknowledges the significance of Rangi Matariki, Motu Manawa and Te Kou (Pollen Island Marine Reserve) for Te Wai o Hua and the people of Tāmaki. Numbers for the matariki rising observance are open. However, to protect the delicate ecology of the marine reserve, numbers for the hikoi to Motu Manawa are limited to 20. Register to secure your place. The walk requires a reasonable degree of physical fitness and in parts crosses thick tidal mud. Gumboots or sturdy walking boots are a mandatory requirement for all walkers.Rangi Matariki is presented as part of the 2020 Matariki Festival in partnership with Auckland Council.Pīta Turei (Ngai Tai ki Tamaki, Ngati Paoa, Nga Rauru Kiitahi) comes from a background in dance and theatre. Turei is known as a kawa advisor, storyteller and orator sharing stories to empower a living population with the ancient histories of Tāmaki Makaurau.Walking about is a series of performative and participatory walks that travel across Auckland with Te Hau ā Uru – the West Wind. The walks are artworks – guided experiences leading audiences and participants across Auckland. Its walks-as-artworks follow stories, pathways of the imagination and the senses, awa (rivers) and maunga (volcanic hills), uncovering the hidden trajectories of our urban and bush terrain.Using seasonal and astronomical calendars, the walks will spread across the year, beginning in Mahuru (September) 2019 as the pīpīwharauroa begin to sing for spring and finishing in Aponga (August) as winter blows its last gusts. Walking about is presented by Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery in partnership with curators Christina Houghton and Melissa Laing with support from Auckland Council and the Whau Local Board.

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