 | Literary Weekend - Mau Moko - Mark of Life | | | Event Type: Theatre, Festivals/Parades | | | |
 | 20 Sep 2008 | | | 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | | | | | “Mau Moko is about the future, just as it is about the past … it is an engraving on the Maori body, of history and commitment …”
Ngahuia Te Awekotuku and a team from Waikato University have assembled Mau Moko, a magnificent illustrated history of the process and tradition of Maori tattoo. After almost dying out in the twentieth century it is experiencing a revival. The book also celebrates this resurgence – interweaving the stories and images of today’s artists and wearers with those of the past. Ngahuia shares the story of the quest to create this important taonga and what was discovered along the way. Mau Moko won the Lifestyle and Contemporary Culture category at the 2008 Montana Book Awards.
*An exhibition of contemporary photographs by award-winning photographer Becky Nunes, commissioned especially for Mau Moko, will be displayed at the festival venue during the weekend.
| | | | Venue: | Titirangi War Memorial Hall
500 South Titirangi Rd, Titirangi
| | | | | Cost: | $15 or $10 concession
$85 or $70 or full price**
(**Includes lunch & morning & afternoon t | | | | | Contact: | Anna Fomison
Tel:09 836 8000
Email: going.west@waitakere.govt.nz | | | | Website: | http://www.goingwest.co.nz | | | | | | |
